to exchange for money
Cash it in and don't come back.Casablanca · 1943 — 第 14 / 20 章 · 2'57" · B2
Rick Refuses Victor's Plea, Explained：not in my department
Victor Laszlo needs exit papers to leave Casablanca, and he assumes Rick will sell them. Rick refuses, insisting he is "a saloonkeeper" with no interest in politics. Laszlo presses: isn't it strange that Rick always fights "on the side of the underdog"? Rick ends the meeting with a single line: "I suggest that you ask your wife."
あらすじ
Late at Rick's Café, Victor Laszlo asks Rick to sell him the precious letters of transit so he can leave Casablanca and continue his resistance work in America. Rick brushes him off as a saloonkeeper with no interest in the world's problems. Laszlo reminds him of his past fighting for lost causes; Rick coolly refuses and, as a parting shot, tells Laszlo to ask his wife.
注目の表現
as honest as the day is longbusinesslikenot in my departmenta rank sentimentalist
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このシーンの表現
not in my department
not my responsibility
Laszlo appeals to the cause, and Rick answers as if the matter were filed under someone else's desk.
Refunds are not in my department; try the service desk.
このシーンの他の表現
- as honest as the day is long
completely and famously honest
- businesslike
efficient and by the rules
- a rank sentimentalist
a hopelessly soft-hearted person
- put it down as
to record or treat something as
- the underdog
the side expected to lose
このシーンのメモ一覧
48 行のセリフに 19 件のメモ
a small number of
A couple of thousand less than I thought there would be.a fortunate man
He's just a lucky guy.a man — Everyday spoken English; too casual for formal writing.
He's just a lucky guy.during the morning
Not here. Come to my office in the morning. We'll do everything businesslike.odd and hard to explain
Still, it's very strange that you won.wild or foolish — Fine among friends as a tease, risky with strangers.
Go away, you crazy Russian.to get involved and disrupt
Why do you interfere with my little romances?to record or treat something as
Renault lets Rick write off the rigged game as a small favour to love.
Put it down as a gesture to love.The contraction compresses quickly into the next word.
And it'll make me very happy if she loses.polite request: The wonder-if frame softens the request, which is why it sounds formal even in a bar.
- Mr. Blaine, I wonder if I could talk to you. - Go ahead.The to reduces to a light tuh and almost disappears.
- Mr. Blaine, I wonder if I could talk to you. - Go ahead.a different location
Well, isn't there some other place?to leave a place
You must know it's very important I get out of Casablanca.infinitive phrase: The infinitive spells out what the privilege is, which is what gives the line its formal weight.
It's my privilege to be one of the leaders of a great movement.to care nothing for something
I'm not interested in politics.a pastime that costs a lot
Yes, I found that a very expensive hobby.relative clause: The clause pins the reason down, so the question lands as a demand rather than idle curiosity.
There must be some reason why you won't let me.a polite request to repeat
- I beg your pardon? - I said, ask your wife.「Rick Refuses Victor's Plea」を読み解く
What's really going on
Rick's refusal is not really about money. He has already dismissed the world's problems as "not in my department" and called himself "a saloonkeeper," and Laszlo's flattery — the guns to Ethiopia, the fight in Spain — is meant to prove otherwise. What makes the exchange sting is that Rick clearly did those things; his neutrality is a costume he keeps adjusting. Laszlo, who needs the transit letters to save lives, can only appeal to the man Rick used to be. Rick's closing line, "I suggest that you ask your wife," is not a political answer at all: it warns Laszlo that the obstacle is personal, and hands him a wound he does not yet understand.
Theme
DutyLaszlo appeals to Rick's past and the cause; Rick insists the world's problems are not his, and the scene tests which man he really is.
RomanceRick's final line turns the negotiation into something personal, hinting that the reason he won't help is a woman.
このチャプターで学べること
- A soft heart is hardest to hide right after a good deed.
- Refusing a cause can sound like office paperwork.
- One raise in price rarely changes a settled answer.
- Mockery and praise can arrive in the same sentence.
発音のポイント
- it'll make — The contraction compresses quickly into the next word.
- talk to — The to reduces to a light tuh and almost disappears.
Honest? As honest as the day is long.A joke about the casino: the phrase sounds like high praise but is said with a wink, since everyone knows gambling houses are not honest at all.
Put it down as a gesture to love.Rick's way of excusing his softness: he let a couple win, and tells Renault to file it as an offering to love rather than admit he felt sorry for them.
My answer would still be the same.Laszlo offers a fortune for the transit letters; Rick says no amount would change his mind, which makes the refusal personal, not financial.
The problems of the world are not in my department.Rick's excuse for staying out of politics: other people's wars and troubles are simply not his business.
このシーンについての質問
Why won't Rick sell Victor the letters of transit?
He says he is a saloonkeeper with no interest in politics, and that the world's problems are not his department. But the real reason is personal, which he only hints at by telling Laszlo to ask his wife.
Does Rick really not care about politics?
Probably not as much as he claims. Laszlo points out that he ran guns to Ethiopia and fought the fascists in Spain, and Rick only calls those choices "a very expensive hobby."
Why does Rick tell Laszlo to ask his wife?
It is a stinging way to end the meeting: Rick is saying the obstacle has nothing to do with politics or money, and that Laszlo's own wife holds the key.
Is Rick's refusal about the money?
No. Laszlo offers a million francs or more, and Rick answers that his answer would still be the same, so the reason must be something else.
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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
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
再生中 · 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 14 / 20 章 · 残り約 17 分