The t in shouldn't is often dropped in fast speech.
Victor, I feel somehow we shouldn't stay here.Casablanca · 1943 — 第 5 / 20 章 · 3'04" · B2
Strasser Confronts Laszlo at Rick's, Explained：a game we play
Renault charms his way to Laszlo and Ilsa's table, then hands them over to Major Strasser. He jokes about the game he plays with Rick's bills, "They put it on the bill, I tear up the bill," but the real business is Strasser's: he tells Laszlo he is now a subject of the German Reich.
あらすじ
At Rick's café, Captain Renault approaches Victor Laszlo and Ilsa Lund, welcomes them, and introduces himself as prefect of police. He flirts with Ilsa and explains the game he and Rick play with bills. Then Major Strasser arrives, is introduced, and tells Laszlo that he is now a subject of the German Reich.
注目の表現
a game we playa gross understatementcall attention tounder your authority
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このシーンの表現
a game we play
a wink-and-nod arrangement
Renault calls his own crooked accounting a game while toasting his guests.
Returning favors is a game we play in this office.
このシーンの他の表現
- a gross understatement
a wild underestimate
- call attention to
to draw notice
- under your authority
subject to your command
- hardly the time or place
not the right moment
このシーンのメモ一覧
56 行のセリフに 20 件のメモ
to draw notice
Ilsa wants to leave at once, but Victor warns that leaving now would draw notice.
If we would walk out so soon it would only call attention to us.conditional clause: The if-clause sets a hypothetical action; would gives its likely result.
If we would walk out so soon it would only call attention to us.heading to a place
Excuse me, but you look like a couple who are on their way to America.relative clause: The who-clause narrows down which couple he is describing.
Excuse me, but you look like a couple who are on their way to America.at a heavy cost
You'll find a market there for this ring. I'm forced to sell it at a great sacrifice.ready to help you
Berger, Norwegian. At your service, sir.a nice time staying
Merely to welcome you to Casablanca and wish you a pleasant stay.Link wish and you so it sounds like one word.
Merely to welcome you to Casablanca and wish you a pleasant stay.rarely do we
It isn't often we have so distinguished a visitor.a wild underestimate
Renault has just praised Ilsa, then insists he has actually understated it.
That was a gross understatement.charge it to the bill
It's a game we play. They put it on the bill, I tear up the bill. It is very convenient.the sort of person
Mademoiselle, he's the kind of man that, well, if I were a woman...Stress fool to bring out the self-mockery.
But what a fool I am talking to a beautiful woman about another man.wait for eagerly
This is a pleasure I have looked forward to.on that country's land
I have never accepted that privilege. And I'm now on French soil.participial phrase: The participle phrase describes the matters without a full clause.
I should like to discuss some matters arising from your presence on French soil.not the right moment
Strasser tries to discuss business over drinks, and Laszlo politely shuts it down.
This is hardly the time or place.subject to your command
Laszlo refuses Strasser's pressure and hands the decision back to Renault.
Captain, I am under your authority.a strategic pullback
A very clever tactical retreat, major.「Strasser Confronts Laszlo at Rick's」を読み解く
What's really going on
On the surface this is polite café conversation, but every move is a display of power. Renault arrives with champagne and compliments — 'That was a gross understatement,' he says of Ilsa's beauty — softening the ground before Strasser joins them. When Strasser states flatly, 'You were a Czechoslovakian. Now you are a subject of the German Reich,' the pleasantries are over. Laszlo answers that he never accepted that status and that he is on French soil, and he calls the summons 'hardly the time or place.' Renault dresses the same demand in softer language — 'Let us say it is my request' — showing how occupation works: one man threatens while the other pretends it's a courtesy. The scene is a polite ambush.
Theme
PowerStrasser states what Laszlo now is and summons him; Renault softens the same order into a request, showing who really holds authority.
IdentityLaszlo refuses the label 'subject of the German Reich,' insisting on who he was and where he now stands.
このチャプターで学べること
- Renault dresses up bribery as a playful habit.
- A compliment can be raised by calling it too weak.
- Politeness here is a tool of pressure.
- Laszlo answers force with formal restraint.
発音のポイント
- shouldn't stay — The t in shouldn't is often dropped in fast speech.
- wish you a — Link wish and you so it sounds like one word.
- what a fool — Stress fool to bring out the self-mockery.
It's a game we play. They put it on the bill, I tear up the bill. It is very convenient.Renault explains a wink-and-nod arrangement: staff charge him, he rips up the bill, and everyone pretends it's normal.
But what a fool I am talking to a beautiful woman about another man.Renault catches himself praising Rick to Ilsa and jokes that he's wasting the moment talking up a rival.
That was a gross understatement.He tops his own compliment: the report of Ilsa's beauty fell far short of the truth.
Let us say it is my request. That is a much more pleasant word.Renault dresses an official order in polite wording, calling his summons a request to make it sound voluntary.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Strasser say Laszlo is a subject of the German Reich?
Because Czechoslovakia has been taken over, so Strasser insists Laszlo's citizenship is now German whether he accepts it or not. Laszlo refuses the claim.
Why does Renault call his order a 'request'?
He wants the summoning to look voluntary and courteous rather than an arrest, even though Laszlo has little choice but to go. He admits a request is 'a much more pleasant word.'
What is the 'game' Renault plays with Rick?
He orders champagne and has it put on his bill; Rick tears the bill up. Renault calls it a convenient game, a running joke between the two.
Why is Ilsa worried at the end of the scene?
After Strasser's confrontation, Laszlo says 'This time they really mean to stop me,' and Ilsa answers that she's afraid for him.
Who is Berger, the man selling the ring?
A Norwegian who approaches Laszlo and Ilsa, pretending to sell a ring but really making contact. He arranges to meet them at the bar, hinting at a secret errand.
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第 3 章stick my neck outRenault Warns Rick About Laszlo
第 4 章stick my neck outStrasser Interrogates Rick
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第 7 章It would never doIlsa and Rick Reunite at the Café
第 8 章a price on your headRick and Ilsa Fall in Love
第 9 章mince wordsLaszlo Refuses to Name the Resistance
第 10 章take someone into your confidenceFerrari Offers to Handle the Letters
第 11 章take a miracleIlsa Asks Rick Why He Left
第 12 章blow with the windStrasser Debates What to Do With Laszlo
第 13 章by the throatAnnina Asks Rick About Renault
第 14 章not in my departmentRick Refuses Victor's Plea
第 15 章display heroicsIlsa and Victor Talk Before the Meeting
第 16 章poor salesmanshipIlsa Begs Rick for the Letters
第 17 章Here's looking at you, kidIlsa Explains Why She Left Rick
第 18 章stick my neck outLaszlo Begs Rick to Save Ilsa
第 19 章a feather in your capRick Makes a Deal with Louis
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