Casablanca · 1943 — 第 7 / 20 章 · 2'22" · B2

Ilsa and Rick Reunite at the Café, Explained:It would never do

Victor and Ilsa visit Rick's café, and the reunion everyone has been dreading finally happens. The small talk is courteous and loaded: compliments, a remembered song, and a glass of champagne where there's usually a rule. 'I remember every detail,' Rick says. 'The Germans wore gray, you wore blue.' Louis covers the tension with curfew and a raised check.

あらすじ

Victor Laszlo and Ilsa come to Rick's café, where Louis introduces them to Rick. Ilsa and Rick clearly know each other, and their conversation drifts back to Paris on the day the Germans marched in. Rick breaks his own rule by drinking with them, and Louis finally ends the evening with talk of the curfew and a cab.

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I thought I told youIt would never doremember every detaila very interesting evening

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このシーンの表現

It would never do

that simply won't do

Renault announces the curfew while quietly admitting he cannot be seen out late.

It would never do to arrive at the embassy without an invitation.

このシーンの他の表現

  • I thought I told you

    didn't I already tell you

  • remember every detail

    recall it all precisely

  • a very interesting evening

    an evening full of surprises

  • What sort is he

    what kind of man is he

このシーンのメモ一覧

37 行のセリフに 25 件のメモ

発音thought I told

The t in thought often drops before I in fast speech.

Sam, I thought I told you never to play--
発音How do you

Blend how, do and you into one smooth unit.

- How do you do? - How do you do?
表現 · B1hear a great deal about someone

hear a lot about

One hears a great deal about Rick in Casablanca.
表現 · B2break a precedent

set a new precedent

...a precedent is being broken. Emile.
表現 · B1make someone jealous

make me jealous

She was asking about you earlier, Rick, in a way that made me extremely jealous.
表現 · A2be not sure (that)…

couldn't be certain

I wasn't sure you were the same.
表現 · A2the last time we met

when we last met

- Let's see, the last time we met-- - Was La Belle Aurore.
表現 · B2march into a place

enter by force

But, of course, that was the day the Germans marched into Paris.
文法 · B1the day the Germans marched into Paris

relative clause: The day carries an understood when, naming the exact date he means.

But, of course, that was the day the Germans marched into Paris.
表現 · B1not an easy thing to forget

hard to forget

Not an easy day to forget.
表現 · B1remember every detail

recall it all precisely

Rick recalls the day Paris fell and proves he kept even the smallest things.

I remember every detail. The Germans wore gray, you wore blue.
表現 · A2put something away

store something

Yes. I put that dress away.
表現 · B1march out of a place

leave in formation

When the Germans march out I'll wear it again.
発音march out I'll

Link march out straight into I'll without a pause.

When the Germans march out I'll wear it again.
表現 · B1be the one to do something

be the one to speak up

Ilsa, I don't wish to be the one to say it, but it's late.
表現 · B1have a curfew

be under curfew

So it is. We have a curfew in Casablanca. It would never do for the chief of police...
文法 · C1to be found drinking

infinitive phrase: It describes what must not happen to the chief, not an action he takes.

...to be found drinking after hours.
表現 · B2overstay one's welcome

stay too long

- I hope we didn't overstay our welcome. - Not at all.
表現 · A2it's my party

I'm paying for this

- Your check, sir. - It's my party.
表現 · A2call someone a cab

get someone a taxi

I'll call you a cab. Gasoline rationing, time of night.
スラング · A2cab

taxi — Everyday spoken word; taxi is the formal choice.

I'll call you a cab. Gasoline rationing, time of night.
表現 · A1come again

visit again

- We'll come again. - Anytime.
表現 · A2not … in a long time

for ages

He hasn't played it in a long time.
表現 · B1what sort is someone

what kind of man is he

Once the guests are gone, someone circles back to Rick and asks who he really is.

A very puzzling fellow, this Rick. What sort is he?
表現 · A2can't say

couldn't tell you

I really can't say, though I saw him quite often in Paris.

「Ilsa and Rick Reunite at the Café」を読み解く

What's really going on

Nobody says what they mean, which is exactly the point. Ilsa's 'I wasn't sure you were the same' is both a greeting and a question about how much Rick has changed, and Rick answers it by remembering the day Paris fell in precise detail: 'The Germans wore gray, you wore blue.' Louis, who sees everything, keeps the scene from tipping over by turning curfew into a joke—a policeman can't be caught drinking after hours—and jokes that Rick is becoming human. The whole evening is built on restraint: a reunion, a song neither man will name, and a check Rick insists on paying.

Theme

RomanceIlsa's visit revives an old love in public, under her husband's eyes and a city's small talk.
MemoryParis is recalled in precise images—gray uniforms, a blue dress—as something both cannot quite leave behind.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A shared past can turn small details into proof.
  • Interesting can mean the opposite in polite talk.
  • A promise about a dress carries quiet defiance.
  • Renault hides a rule behind talk of curfew.

発音のポイント

  • thought I told — The t in thought often drops before I in fast speech.
  • How do you — Blend how, do and you into one smooth unit.
  • march out I'll — Link march out straight into I'll without a pause.
She was asking about you earlier, Rick, in a way that made me extremely jealous.

Louis teases Rick that Ilsa's interest was obvious, needling him about a history he'd rather keep private.

I remember every detail. The Germans wore gray, you wore blue.

Rick's way of saying he hasn't forgotten anything about the last day in Paris—down to what each of them wore.

When the Germans march out I'll wear it again.

Ilsa's answer ties a personal dress to the war's end: the blue dress comes back when the occupation is over.

I really can't say, though I saw him quite often in Paris.

Louis asks Victor what sort of man Rick is, and Victor admits he still can't explain him, despite knowing him in Paris.

このシーンについての質問

How do Ilsa and Rick know each other?

They were together in Paris, as the conversation reveals: they last met on the day the Germans marched in, at a place called La Belle Aurore.

Why does Rick drink with them if he never drinks with customers?

He makes an exception for Ilsa and Victor, which Louis calls a broken precedent. It shows how much the reunion shakes his usual rules.

What does "It would never do" mean?

It's an old-fashioned way of saying something absolutely won't be acceptable. Louis uses it about a police chief being seen drinking after hours, as a polite excuse to end the night.

Why does Louis say the evening was 'very interesting'?

It's dry understatement. He has watched a tense reunion, a broken rule, and a story about Paris, and he sums it up as merely 'interesting.'

Does Victor know about Ilsa and Rick?

He knows they met in Paris and that Rick is 'a very puzzling fellow,' but he doesn't state the full history. The scene lets the audience read the tension he doesn't name.

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