Casablanca · 1943 — 第 2 / 20 章 · 3'03" · B2

Ferrari Tries to Buy Rick's Café, Explained:on the rebound

Ferrari offers to buy Rick's café and even Sam, and Rick refuses flatly: 'It's not for sale,' he says, 'at any price.' Under the banter is a bigger fight over Casablanca itself—Ferrari wants to profit from refugees through the black market, while Rick runs his own business. A drunk Yvonne is sent home, and Louis arrives to needle him.

あらすじ

Signor Ferrari comes to Rick's café to buy it, and when that fails he offers to take Sam and propose a black-market partnership. Rick turns him down and tells him to run his own business. Meanwhile a drunk Yvonne is escorted home, and Captain Louis Renault arrives for a cat-and-mouse chat about why Rick never returns to America.

NegotiationBreakupsSaying noTeasingRivalsB2fastamericanClean
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注目の表現

the waterson the reboundpush someone aroundain't got time

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このシーンの表現

on the rebound

going after someone right after a breakup

Yvonne has just been brushed off by Rick, and Renault plans to move in while she is still hurting.

He asked her out on the rebound and it did not last.

このシーンの他の表現

  • the waters

    claiming the famous waters, or health, as a reason

  • push someone around

    to order someone about and treat them roughly

  • ain't got time

    have no time, said in casual nonstandard speech

  • get a word in

    to manage to say something in a fast conversation

  • be sure

    make certain that something happens

このシーンのメモ一覧

52 行のセリフに 23 件のメモ

表現 · A2not for sale

not available at any price

- You haven't heard my offer. - It's not for sale at any price.
表現 · B2leading commodity

the top item on the market

Too bad. That's Casablanca's leading commodity.
表現 · B1make a fortune

to earn a great deal of money

In refugees alone we could make a fortune, if you'd work with me in the black market.
表現 · B1black market

illegal trading outside official channels

In refugees alone we could make a fortune, if you'd work with me in the black market.
表現 · B1run one's own business

to mind your own affairs

Suppose you run your business and let me run mine.
表現 · A2make a change

to try something different

Suppose we ask Sam. Maybe he'd like to make a change.
表現 · B1no longer

not any more

When will you realize that in this world today isolationism is no longer a practical policy?
文法 · B2When will you realize that

object clause: The that-clause is the thing he wants Rick to realize, and it carries the whole accusation.

When will you realize that in this world today isolationism is no longer a practical policy?
発音ain't got

Ain't swallows the have entirely and slides straight into got.

- He'll double what I pay you. - I ain't got time to spend what I make here.
スラング · A2ain't

am not, is not, or have not — Everyday spoken English; keep it out of writing and interviews.

- He'll double what I pay you. - I ain't got time to spend what I make here.
スラング · A2shut up

be quiet — Blunt and casual; fine between friends, rude with strangers.

- ...because, Yvonne, I love you. - Oh, shut up.
表現 · A2so long ago

such a long time in the past

That's so long ago, I don't remember.
表現 · A2make plans

to arrange things in advance

- Will I see you tonight? - I never make plans that far ahead.
表現 · A2a little too much

slightly more than is good for you

You're going home. You've had a little too much to drink.
表現 · B2push someone around

to order someone about and treat them roughly

Drunk and hurt, Yvonne turns on Rick and asks who he thinks he is to order her around.

Who do you think you are, pushing me around?
スラング · A1boss

the person in charge — A casual way to address whoever is in charge.

Yes, boss.
表現 · B1throw something away

to discard carelessly

How extravagant you are, throwing away women.
表現 · B2pay a call on someone

to visit someone

I think now I shall pay a call on Yvonne.
表現 · B2when it comes to something

as far as something is concerned

When it comes to women, you're a true democrat.
表現 · B2speculate on something

to guess or wonder about

I've often speculated on why you don't return to America.
表現 · B2run off with someone or something

to leave secretly with a person or money

Did you abscond with the church funds? Did you run off with a senator's wife?
文法 · B2Did you abscond with

yes-no question: Two yes-no questions in a row stack the charges, and Renault never pauses for an answer.

Did you abscond with the church funds? Did you run off with a senator's wife?
発音run off

Run and off glide together and can sound like a single word, runoff.

Did you abscond with the church funds? Did you run off with a senator's wife?

「Ferrari Tries to Buy Rick's Café」を読み解く

What's really going on

The polite sparring hides what the scene is really about: nobody in Casablanca is neutral. Ferrari's offer to buy the café is also an offer to join the black market, and his line 'In refugees alone we could make a fortune' turns human desperation into inventory. Rick answers with a principle—he doesn't buy or sell human beings—and with a boundary: run your own business. Around them, the café keeps dealing with the same scarcities. Yvonne drinks herself out of a relationship, and Louis jokes about picking her up 'on the rebound,' treating people the way he accuses Rick of doing.

Theme

MoneyFerrari treats refugees as inventory and the café as an asset; Rick answers with a refusal to trade in people.
HeartbreakYvonne is drunk and discarded, and Louis jokes about moving in while she's still raw.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A refusal can be short and still final.
  • Ain't is casual; keep it out of writing.
  • Ironic praise often hides a real question.
  • On the rebound means someone is newly single.

発音のポイント

  • ain't got — Ain't swallows the have entirely and slides straight into got.
  • run off — Run and off glide together and can sound like a single word, runoff.
In refugees alone we could make a fortune, if you'd work with me in the black market.

Ferrari's pitch: the desperate people passing through Casablanca are a business opportunity, and a partnership would be profitable.

I like to think you killed a man. It's the romantic in me.

Louis prefers a dramatic, scandalous explanation for why Rick stays away; he's teasing, but he's also fishing.

Who do you think you are, pushing me around?

Yvonne's drunk accusation: Rick has been ordering her around as if he had the right.

Too bad. That's Casablanca's leading commodity.

Ferrari's reply to Rick's refusal to trade in people: in this city, human beings are the most profitable goods.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Ferrari want to buy Rick's café?

It's the best location in town, and he wants to expand his black-market business. He even tries to buy Sam, calling people Casablanca's leading commodity.

Why won't Rick sell?

He says it's not for sale at any price, refuses to buy or sell human beings, and tells Ferrari to run his own business.

What does "on the rebound" mean?

It means being vulnerable right after a breakup. Louis jokes about getting Yvonne 'on the rebound,' moving in while she's still hurting.

Why is Yvonne so upset?

She's drunk and has clearly been involved with Rick, who sends her home in a taxi. She accuses him of pushing her around and says she was a fool to fall for him.

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