be of more help
When they come for me, I hope you'll be more of a help.Casablanca · 1943 — 第 4 / 20 章 · 3'04" · B2
Strasser Interrogates Rick, Explained：stick my neck out
Louis introduces Major Strasser, and the small talk turns into an interrogation: Rick's nationality, his time in Paris during the occupation, his opinion of the war. 'I stick my neck out for nobody,' is Rick's motto, and he won't drop it even for the Reich. The scene's tension is politeness as a weapon—everyone smiles while testing where Rick stands.
あらすじ
Ugarte bursts into Rick's café begging for help and is dragged away by the police. Rick refuses to get involved, saying he sticks his neck out for nobody. Then Louis brings Major Heinrich Strasser of the Third Reich to meet Rick, and the two men begin a polite but pointed conversation about Rick's past and loyalties.
注目の表現
stick my neck outthe occupationwouldn't advise you toare my eyes really brown
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このシーンの表現
stick my neck out
take a risk for someone
As Renault arrests Ugarte, Rick flatly says he takes no risks for anyone.
I won't stick my neck out for a company that never backs me.
このシーンの他の表現
- the occupation
the period of enemy control
- wouldn't advise you to
I suggest you don't do it
- are my eyes really brown
a dry dodge, not a question
- slip through our fingers
escape our grasp
このシーンのメモ一覧
50 行のセリフに 19 件のメモ
take a risk for someone
As Renault arrests Ugarte, Rick flatly says he takes no risks for anyone.
I stick my neck out for nobody.Link 'neck out' without a pause between the two words.
I stick my neck out for nobody.enjoy yourself
Just sit down and have a good time. Enjoy yourselves. All right, Sam.one reason among others
Major Strasser is one of the reasons the Third Reich enjoys the reputation it has.manner clause: It marks an imagined comparison, hinting that the Third Reich is not the only one.
You repeat Third Reich as though you expected there to be others.put a few questions to you
Do you mind if I ask you a few questions?put it on the record
- Unofficially, of course. - Make it official if you like.be open knowledge
There seems to be no secret about that.the sort of person who ...
Are you one of those people who cannot imagine the Germans in their beloved Paris?relative clause: The relative clause defines which kind of people Strasser is describing.
Are you one of those people who cannot imagine the Germans in their beloved Paris?I suggest you don't do it
Rick warns the major off invading New York, politely but pointedly.
Well, there are sections of New York, major, that I wouldn't advise you to try to invade.take no side on something
Rick is completely neutral about everything. And that takes in the field of women too.keep a full file on someone
You were not always so carefully neutral. We have a complete dossier on you.Practice linking 'an enemy' so it sounds like one word.
...an enemy of the Reich has come to Casablanca...investigate someone
...and we are checking up on anybody who can be of any help to us.someone's side of things
Not particularly. I understand the point of view of the hound too.escape our grasp
Strasser admits Laszlo is clever and has escaped the Reich three times.
I admit he's clever. Three times he slipped through our fingers.operate a bar
Excuse me, gentlemen. Your business is politics, mine is running a saloon.「Strasser Interrogates Rick」を読み解く
What's really going on
Everything here is conducted in the language of courtesy, and that's what makes it a contest. Strasser asks about Rick's nationality and his years in Paris, and Rick deflects with jokes—'I'm a drunkard,' he says, and when the dossier is mentioned he asks whether his eyes are really brown. The refusal to be pinned down is a strategy, not indifference. Louis spells it out when he says Rick is completely neutral about everything, which is exactly how Rick survives in a city where everyone wants to know whose side you're on. His exit line, 'Your business is politics, mine is running a saloon,' draws the border he will spend the film defending.
Theme
PowerStrasser uses courtesy and a dossier to pressure Rick, testing how far German authority reaches into a neutral city.
IdentityRick refuses to be labeled by nationality or politics, offering jokes instead, and guards the past behind them.
このチャプターで学べること
- A flat refusal can be kinder than a vague promise.
- Occupation here means enemy control, not a job.
- Polite warnings usually carry the real threat.
- Mocking a word can disarm an interrogator.
発音のポイント
- neck out — Link 'neck out' without a pause between the two words.
- an enemy of — Practice linking 'an enemy' so it sounds like one word.
I stick my neck out for nobody.Rick's rule of survival: he won't risk himself for anyone, and he says it plainly even as a friend is dragged away.
Well, there are sections of New York, major, that I wouldn't advise you to try to invade.A veiled warning wrapped in a joke: Rick tells Strasser that some places, even in America, won't simply fall to Germany.
You repeat Third Reich as though you expected there to be others.Strasser catches the implication that the Reich is one empire among possible others, not the permanent one it claims to be.
Excuse me, gentlemen. Your business is politics, mine is running a saloon.Rick's exit separates his world from theirs, refusing to take a side while making clear he wants no part of their business.
このシーンについての質問
Why won't Rick help Ugarte?
He lives by the rule that he sticks his neck out for nobody. Helping a man the police are actively arresting would put his café and his neutral position at risk.
Who is Major Strasser?
A German officer of the Third Reich, introduced by Louis, who questions Rick about his nationality, his time in Paris, and his loyalties.
What does "I stick my neck out for nobody" mean?
It means Rick refuses to take risks on anyone's behalf. It's exactly the phrase he uses while refusing to hide Ugarte.
Why does Rick ask if his eyes are really brown?
Strasser says they have a complete dossier on him. Rick's reply is a joke that dodges the subject—it treats the file as gossip about his appearance rather than a threat.
Why is Rick so neutral?
Neutrality is his survival strategy in a city full of competing powers; taking sides would make him a target. As Louis says, Rick is completely neutral about everything.
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次のチャプター · 第 5 章a game we playStrasser Confronts Laszlo at Rick's
第 1 章gave you any thoughtUgarte Hands Rick the Letters
第 2 章on the reboundFerrari Tries to Buy Rick's Café
第 3 章stick my neck outRenault Warns Rick About Laszlo
再生中 · 第 4 章stick my neck outStrasser Interrogates Rick
第 5 章a game we playStrasser Confronts Laszlo at Rick's
第 6 章water under the bridgeIlsa Asks Sam to Play Their Song
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
第 20 章under the circumstancesRick Holds Renault at Gunpoint第 4 / 20 章 · 残り約 46 分