have met you already
I've certainly seen you before, although you may not have seen me.Clue · 1985 — 第 2 / 17 章 · 2'19" · B1
Guests Arrive at the Mansion, Explained：over my dead body
Seven strangers are welcomed into a mansion for dinner, each summoned by the same anonymous letter signed "A friend." They trade polite questions about who lives where, while one line of the letter hangs over the table: a Mr. Boddy will "bring to an end a certain long-standing, confidential, and painful financial liability."
あらすじ
Seven guests are shown into a mansion's dining room, all invited by anonymous letters. They compare notes: each letter promises a Mr. Boddy will end a hidden financial liability, and each is signed "A friend." Wadsworth the butler deflects their questions, and the evening waits on their unknown host.
注目の表現
over my dead bodyeating dinnertake awayadjourn
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このシーンの表現
over my dead body
only if I am dead first
A guest wants the key, and the butler refuses flatly with a grim, almost polite threat.
You want to sell my bike? Over my dead body.
このシーンの他の表現
- eating dinner
a flat, mocking literal answer
- take away
remove something
- adjourn
move to another room
- help yourself
serve yourself freely
- forgive my curiosity
a polite way to start prying
このシーンのメモ一覧
42 行のセリフに 23 件のメモ
Link seen you so it sounds like see-nyou.
I've certainly seen you before, although you may not have seen me.be employed by
Yes, but you work for the United Nations. That's a government job.the remaining part
And the rest of us all live in a government town.quantifier phrase: The rest of us sets this group apart from the ones already mentioned.
And the rest of us all live in a government town.make a living
Anyone here not earn their living from the government, one way or another?longed for by many
Ah Good evening. You're eagerly awaited.shut someone inside
Are you locking me in? I'll take the key.only if I am dead first
A guest wants the key, and the butler refuses flatly with a grim, almost polite threat.
Over my dead body, sir.Your often weakens to yer, so take your blurs.
May I take your bag?keep something in this spot
No. I'll leave it here 'till I need it.why are they present
What are they all doing here?remove something
No, you can take that away, honey.a casual term of address — Familiar and casual; it can sound patronizing to strangers.
No, you can take that away, honey.what is happening
Look! I demand to know what's going on.passive with inversion: The question inverts have we and uses the passive been dragged to stress who was acted on.
Now, why have we all been dragged out here to this horrible place?put an end to
"Because a Mr. Boddy will bring to an end a certain long-standing, confidential, "and painful financial liability."Link know each; keep the th in other light.
We know each other.a pointed term of address — Warm between intimates, cutting when the tone hardens.
Don't we, dear?a polite way to start prying
A guest wants to know what Mr. Boddy's letter said and wraps the prying in an apology.
Forgive my curiosity, Mr. Boddy, but did your letter say the same thing?move to another place
In that case, may I suggest we adjourn to the study for coffee and brandy,relative clause with which: At which point links the next step to the moment just described.
at which point I believe our unknown host will reveal his intentions.serve yourself freely
The butler invites everyone to pour their own brandy and sit anywhere, warm but efficient.
Please help yourself to brandy and be seated.「Guests Arrive at the Mansion」を読み解く
What's really going on
On the surface this is small talk: where do you live, what do you do. Underneath, everyone is quietly checking whether the others are as compromised as they are. The letter's promise — that Mr. Boddy will end "a certain long-standing, confidential, and painful financial liability" — is blackmail dressed as an invitation, and the butler will not explain anything until the host chooses to appear. Colonel Mustard is the first to snap, asking why they have "all been dragged out here to this horrible place," while Mr. Boddy's arrival turns the guessing game into a confrontation. Even the polite curiosities are strategic: "Forgive my curiosity, Mr. Boddy, but did your letter say the same thing?" Everyone is measuring everyone.
Theme
SecretsEach guest hides why the letter reached them, and the promised payoff is a 'long-standing, confidential' liability none of them will name.
DeceptionThe warm dinner and polite curiosity cover a blackmail set-up: the invitations promise relief, but the hosts already know everyone's secrets.
このチャプターで学べること
- Three identical letters turn small talk into a puzzle.
- The butler answers questions without giving anything away.
- A maid's name is the slip that reveals old ties.
- Formal wording keeps tempers just under control.
発音のポイント
- seen you — Link seen you so it sounds like see-nyou.
- take your — Your often weakens to yer, so take your blurs.
- know each other — Link know each; keep the th in other light.
Forgive my curiosity, Mr. Boddy, but did your letter say the same thing?A polite way to interrogate: the speaker asks Mr. Boddy whether his invitation matched theirs, using courtesy to probe what he knows.
at which point I believe our unknown host will reveal his intentions.Wadsworth's promise that the anonymous host will soon explain everything — a delay that keeps the guests obedient and uneasy.
Now, why have we all been dragged out here to this horrible place?Mustard's blunt complaint: he and the others feel tricked into coming to a place they never chose, and he wants an answer.
Surprises, my friend. That's what it contains, surprises.The butler answers a question about a bag with a tease rather than a fact, turning 'evidence' into theatre.
このシーンについての質問
Why have the guests been invited to the mansion?
Each received an anonymous letter promising that a Mr. Boddy will end a long-standing, confidential, and painful financial liability — a promise that turns out to be a setup.
Who signed the invitations?
They are signed only 'A friend.' The guests do not know who sent them, which is exactly the point: the host is watching them before revealing himself.
Do all the guests know each other?
No. They compare addresses and jobs to find a link, discovering that most of them live in or near Washington and work for the government. Their real connection is what each is hiding.
Why does Mr. Boddy deny receiving the same letter?
Asked whether his letter said the same thing, Boddy answers no. He is not a fellow guest but part of the trap — the one meant to deliver the promised payoff.
What does "Over my dead body" mean here?
It is a flat refusal. When a guest tries to take the key, the butler uses it to say he will never allow it — a famous, half-comic line.
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第 1 章break the iceMrs. Peacock Breaks the Ice
再生中 · 第 2 章over my dead bodyGuests Arrive at the Mansion
第 3 章in the same boatWadsworth Reveals the Blackmail
第 4 章behind barsBoddy Is the Blackmailer
第 5 章over his dead bodyMr. Boddy Is Found Dead
第 6 章preyed on my mindWadsworth Explains Why He Gathered Them
第 7 章defence mechanismMr. Boddy's Body Disappears
第 8 章overkillLocking Up the Weapons
第 9 章make an omeletWadsworth Won't Say Yes or No
第 10 章a likely storyTrapped in the Secret Passage
第 11 章nothing to hideUnexpected Guest Asks to Use the Phone
第 12 章step by stepWadsworth Reconstructs the Evening
第 13 章get your hands onWadsworth Reveals the Secret Passage
第 14 章hold something over someoneWadsworth's Black Market Confession
第 15 章whistling DixieWadsworth Recaps the Murders
第 16 章a red herringWadsworth Reveals He's the Killer
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