out of practice
Rick jokes that his German is rusty, a light self-mocking line before the talk turns serious.
My German's a little rusty.Casablanca · 1943 — 第 8 / 20 章 · 2'47" · B2
Rick and Ilsa Fall in Love, Explained：a price on your head
Banter about a rusted German and a brace on her teeth can't drown out the radio announcing the German advance. "With the whole world crumbling, we pick this time to fall in love," one of them says; "It's pretty bad timing," comes the answer. The teasing keeps the fear at bay; the answer lets it back in.
あらすじ
In Paris before the occupation, Rick and Ilsa are together while German forces close in. Over drinks they trade small talk — rusted German, a brace put on teeth — and the radio reports that the Germans expect to be in Paris tomorrow. They plan to marry and leave, agree to meet at the station, and try not to name what is coming.
注目の表現
a little rustya price on your headin dangerget married
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このシーンの表現
a price on your head
a bounty on you
Rick warns Ilsa that the Germans are closing in and someone has already put a bounty on her.
Once you cross that gang, there is a price on your head.
このシーンの他の表現
- a little rusty
out of practice
- in danger
at risk
- get married
become husband and wife
- too far ahead
too early to plan
- keep us apart
separate the two of us
このシーンのメモ一覧
40 行のセリフに 23 件のメモ
In American speech the t in little flaps, sounding like a quick d.
My German's a little rusty.enter in formation
They're telling us how to act when they come marching in.begin to love
With the whole world crumbling, we pick this time to fall in love.absolute participle: The with phrase sets a background condition before the main clause lands.
With the whole world crumbling, we pick this time to fall in love.Link whole world smoothly; the l slides into the w with no gap.
With the whole world crumbling, we pick this time to fall in love.unlucky moment
It's pretty bad timing.Stress pretty bad; the t in pretty flaps and bad lands hard.
It's pretty bad timing.causative have: The causative have something done means someone else performs the action for you.
Yes, I was having a brace put on my teeth. Where were you?draw nearer
And getting closer every minute.finish your drink
Here, here, drink up.before long
Them Germans will be here pretty soon, and they'll come looking for you.show up hunting for
Them Germans will be here pretty soon, and they'll come looking for you.those Germans — Nonstandard spoken English; avoid it in formal writing.
Them Germans will be here pretty soon, and they'll come looking for you.a bounty on you
Rick warns Ilsa that the Germans are closing in and someone has already put a bounty on her.
And don't forget, there's a price on your head.know someone's whereabouts
I left a note in my apartment. They'll know where to find me.at risk
Ilsa stops joking and tells Rick plainly that he is in danger and has to leave Paris.
Be serious, darling. You are in danger. You must leave Paris.become husband and wife
Ilsa half-jokes that they should simply get married in Marseilles before anything else happens.
Why don't we get married in Marseilles?too early to plan
Rick calls the wedding plan too far ahead, a quiet way to avoid promising a shared future.
That's too far ahead to plan.what is the matter
Hey, what's wrong, kid?escape
If you shouldn't get away...separate the two of us
Ilsa voices the worst case, asking Rick to remember her even if something separates them.
If something should keep us apart...subjunctive should: Here should marks a possible but unlikely future, softer than will.
If something should keep us apart...「Rick and Ilsa Fall in Love」を読み解く
What's really going on
The small talk is armor. "My German's a little rusty" and the question about the brace are the kind of details lovers collect when they have no future to plan — and the radio keeps intruding with news of the German advance. Talk of marrying in Marseilles, and of the train engineer who might perform the ceremony, is not really about weddings; it is an attempt to build a normal life in the last days of a normal world. "That's too far ahead to plan" is the answer, and it lands harder than any argument, because both of them know it is true. "It's a crazy world. Anything can happen" is not comfort; it is a way of admitting they cannot promise each other anything.
Theme
RomanceTwo people fall in love knowing history will not wait for them, making every ordinary moment a drink a joke a plan urgent.
HeartbreakThey talk about marriage and meeting at the station, but every plan carries the fear that one of them will not be there.
このチャプターで学べること
- Love in wartime is a choice, not a convenience.
- A bounty on your head changes every plan.
- Some goodbyes get rehearsed as jokes first.
- Timing can be terrible and still be right.
発音のポイント
- a little — In American speech the t in little flaps, sounding like a quick d.
- whole world — Link whole world smoothly; the l slides into the w with no gap.
- pretty bad — Stress pretty bad; the t in pretty flaps and bad lands hard.
With the whole world crumbling, we pick this time to fall in love.The world is falling apart around them, and yet they have chosen now to love. It frames their romance as both defiant and doomed.
Be serious, darling. You are in danger. You must leave Paris.Even in a moment of tenderness, the danger is real: one of them insists the other has to get out of Paris, and means immediately.
It's a crazy world. Anything can happen.A shrug, not a comfort. It says the world makes no sense, so nothing can be relied on — including their plans.
And I hate this war so much.Said right after "I love you," it names the enemy directly: it is not each other they are angry at, but the war taking them apart.
このシーンについての質問
What does "a price on your head" mean?
It means someone has offered money to have you killed, so you are being hunted. Here it signals how exposed Rick is once the Germans take Paris.
Why do Rick and Ilsa joke about teeth and rusted German while the radio announces the German advance?
The jokes are a way to keep the news at arm's length. They talk about small, ordinary things because admitting what the radio means would force them to face leaving each other.
Is the wedding in Marseilles a serious plan?
Half-serious. It is real in the moment, but the reply "too far ahead to plan" shows one of them already thinks the future is out of their hands.
What happens after Rick and Ilsa agree to meet at the station?
Ilsa does not reach the station in time, and Rick believes she has abandoned him. That belief shapes his bitterness when they meet again in Casablanca.
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