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Not for us. We have to find out who did this.Clue · 1985 — 第 7 / 17 章 · 3'04" · B2
Mr. Boddy's Body Disappears, Explained：defence mechanism
A murder in the kitchen turns into a group argument about who did it, complete with jokes — "Husbands should be like Kleenex, soft, strong, and disposable." Then the practical talk stops cold: "The body's gone." The scene shifts from whodunit to whether the victim was ever dead at all.
あらすじ
The cook has been murdered in the kitchen, and the guests gather over the body, arguing and accusing one another. They trade bad jokes — about marriage, Kleenex and defence mechanisms — and Wadsworth suggests moving the cook's body into the study. When they check the study, Mr. Boddy's body has vanished.
注目の表現
defence mechanismfliessome defenceexplain yourself
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このシーンの表現
defence mechanism
a self-protecting habit
Cornered by the others, Wadsworth hides behind a joke and gets mocked for it.
Sarcasm is just his defence mechanism when he feels cornered.
このシーンの他の表現
- flies
insects; also trouser zips
- some defence
that's no defence at all
- explain yourself
give an account of yourself
- keep the kitchen tidy
keep the kitchen neat
- blackmail
force someone for money
このシーンのメモ一覧
68 行のセリフに 18 件のメモ
Have to sounds like hafta and links straight into find.
Not for us. We have to find out who did this.you had better
I think you'd better explain yourself, Wadsworth.The d in you'd often drops, blurring the two words together.
I think you'd better explain yourself, Wadsworth.a self-protecting habit
Cornered by the others, Wadsworth hides behind a joke and gets mocked for it.
It's my defence mechanism.hypothetical if
Some defence. If I was the killer, I would kill you next.unreal if-clause: An unreal condition: past tense in the if-clause, would in the result.
Some defence. If I was the killer, I would kill you next.someone who confessed
Hey, come on. There's only one admitted killer here.paid the blackmailer
Well, you paid the blackmail. How many husbands have you had?soft, tough and disposable
Husbands should be like Kleenex, soft, strong, and disposable.draw people to ruin
You lure men to their deaths like a spider with flies.Stress most and vulnerable to land the punchline.
Flies are where men are most vulnerable.lifted it from the ground
I don't know! But any of you could have picked it up.modal perfect: Could have done points to a possible action in the past.
I don't know! But any of you could have picked it up.keep the kitchen neat
Wadsworth hides an absurd scene behind a butler's plain wish to keep things tidy.
I'm the butler. I like to keep the kitchen tidy.should have done: Should have done marks a past duty that was missed.
We should've made sure.search for
We'd better look for him.extort someone
Were you planning to blackmail him, Wadsworth?「Mr. Boddy's Body Disappears」を読み解く
What's really going on
For a scene about a fresh corpse, the mood is almost festive. The guests can't agree on a killer, so they fall back on wit — 'It's my defence mechanism' — and get scolded for it: 'How can you make jokes at a time like this?' The best line turns one guest's dead husbands into a joke about a paper tissue. When the body disappears, the film makes sure nobody, audience included, can hold on to the facts: 'Maybe he wasn't dead,' one says, and the answer is 'He was!' What looks like a comic detour is the mystery closing its fist.
Theme
Dark humorA corpse in the kitchen becomes the setup for one-liners about marriage and Kleenex, jokes working as both shield and coping mechanism.
DeceptionThe missing body turns every confident account of the murder into a claim nobody can verify, including the victim's own death.
このチャプターで学べること
- A body that vanishes says more than a corpse.
- Dark jokes here are armour, not comedy.
- One tissue turns marriage into a punchline.
- Overkill hits harder when the crime is already done.
発音のポイント
- have to find — Have to sounds like hafta and links straight into find.
- you'd better — The d in you'd often drops, blurring the two words together.
- most vulnerable — Stress most and vulnerable to land the punchline.
Husbands should be like Kleenex, soft, strong, and disposable.A deadpan joke that treats husbands as disposable products, revealing how this guest has outlived five of them.
Life after death's as improbable as sex after marriage.A cynical one-liner dismissing both resurrection and married romance, dropped in the middle of a murder case.
You lure men to their deaths like a spider with flies.An accusation aimed at the guest with dead husbands, casting her as a predator rather than a widow.
I'm the butler. I like to keep the kitchen tidy.Wadsworth's bland reason for moving the corpse, a joke that hides deeper motives behind household routine.
このシーンについての質問
Whose body is missing?
Mr. Boddy's. His body had been left in the study, and when the guests go to move the cook, they find Mr. Boddy's body gone instead.
Was Mr. Boddy actually dead?
The guests aren't sure. One says 'Maybe he wasn't dead,' and another insists 'He was!' — and if the body walked off, the question is suddenly open.
Did Mrs. Peacock kill the cook?
She admits she had the dagger but says she put it down in the study, adding that anyone could have picked it up. Nobody in the room is cleared.
Who is accused of luring men to their deaths?
The guest with five husbands. Another character calls her a 'spider with flies,' and she answers with a pun about men's zippers.
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第 1 章break the iceMrs. Peacock Breaks the Ice
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
再生中 · 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
第 17 章fatal mistakeWadsworth Counts the Last Bullet第 7 / 17 章 · 残り約 30 分