in suspicious conditions
Mrs. White, you've been paying our friend the blackmailer ever since your husband died under, shall we say, mysterious circumstances.Clue · 1985 — 第 4 / 17 章 · 3'05" · B2
Boddy Is the Blackmailer, Explained：behind bars
The interrogation keeps rolling: Mrs. White explains her dead husbands, Mr. Green volunteers his own secret, and Wadsworth finally names the man behind it all — Mr. Boddy. "And yet, he was the one who died," he tells Mrs. White, turning a murder story into a punchline.
あらすじ
Wadsworth continues exposing the guests. Mrs. White admits she pays the blackmailer to avoid scandal and describes two husbands who died badly — one beheaded, one an illusionist who vanished. Mr. Green confesses he is a homosexual working for the State Department. Wadsworth then names the blackmailer: Mr. Boddy.
注目の表現
bastardbehind barsdo for a livingpipe down
00:00 / 03:05Space 再生 · ← → セリフ移動 · R リピート
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このシーンの表現
behind bars
in prison
The butler promises that the truth will put Mr. Boddy in prison.
The fraudster will spend ten years behind bars.
このシーンの他の表現
- bastard
a heavy insult for a man
- do for a living
what job one has
- pipe down
be quiet
- come as a shock
be very surprising
- pretty final
a dry, obvious remark
このシーンのメモ一覧
65 行のセリフに 25 件のメモ
since-clause: Ever since marks the starting point of an action that continues up to now.
Mrs. White, you've been paying our friend the blackmailer ever since your husband died under, shall we say, mysterious circumstances.flat on one's back
I see. That's why he was lying on his back. In his coffin.an open clash
We had had a very humiliating public confrontation.warn that one will do it
He threatened to kill me in public.reported clause: The that-clause after meant restates what she actually intended to say.
I think she meant he threatened in public to kill her.the last statement
Was that his final word on the matter?The t in wouldn't drops, so it sounds like wouldn-chu.
Being killed is pretty final, wouldn't you say?what job one has
A guest asks what Mrs. White's late husband did for work.
What did he do for a living?be very surprising
Mrs. White describes her husband's death as a surprise to him, turning tragedy into deadpan comedy.
I mean, I'm afraid It came as a great shock to him when he died.discovered lifeless
But he was found dead at home. His head had been cut off.severed — A blunt way to describe a severed body part; handle with care.
But he was found dead at home. His head had been cut off.since, given the new situation
Mrs. White treats her husband's death as the turning point that gave her a life.
Well, it's a matter of life after death. Now that he's dead, I have a life.rather poor
He wasn't a very good illusionist.expose someone
I'm not gonna wait for Wadsworth here to unmask me.Gonna compresses going to into one blurred unit.
I'm not gonna wait for Wadsworth here to unmask me.be dismissed
but I must keep it a secret or I will lose my job on security grounds.a heavy insult — Vulgar and aggressive; never in polite or professional settings.
You bastard!'em swallows them, so the phrase runs as pud-em-up.
Put 'em up, pal! Put 'em up!raise your fists — An old challenge to fight; usually a bluff or a joke.
Put 'em up, pal! Put 'em up!rely on
Blackmail depends on secrecy.the only thing needed is
All you have to do is tell the police, he'll be convicted and your troubles will be over.held by someone
Then I shall. I have evidence in my possession.passive progressive: The passive progressive stresses that the recording is happening right now to them.
And this conversation is being tape recorded.in prison
The butler promises that the truth will put Mr. Boddy in prison.
Tell them the truth, and Mr. Boddy will be behind bars.「Boddy Is the Blackmailer」を読み解く
What's really going on
The scene keeps the tone light even as it gets darker. Mrs. White's account of her husbands is played for laughs — 'it's a matter of life after death. Now that he's dead, I have a life' — and Wadsworth's needling turns a possible murder into a rimshot: 'And yet, he was the one who died. Not you, Mrs. White.' Under the jokes, though, each confession raises the stakes: Mr. Green admits he could lose his job, and the reveal that Mr. Boddy is the blackmailer turns the blackmailed into a room full of suspects. Wadsworth's reassurance that they need only 'tell the police' sounds simple, but nobody looks convinced.
Theme
SecretsEach guest's private shame is dragged into the open, one confession at a time, until secrecy itself is what's under attack.
Dark humorMurder, blackmail and a beheaded husband are all played as jokes, and the punchlines land harder than the accusations.
このチャプターで学べること
- A widow's joke about death is also a confession.
- Green buys trust by giving up his own secret.
- The room turns on the blackmailer the second he is named.
- A tape recording changes who holds the power.
発音のポイント
- wouldn't you — The t in wouldn't drops, so it sounds like wouldn-chu.
- gonna wait — Gonna compresses going to into one blurred unit.
- Put 'em up — 'em swallows them, so the phrase runs as pud-em-up.
And yet, he was the one who died. Not you, Mrs. White. Not you.Wadsworth's punchline: the only person actually dead in this story is Mrs. White's husband, so her outrage is hard to take seriously.
Well, it's a matter of life after death. Now that he's dead, I have a life.Mrs. White's deadpan joke: her husband's death freed her, and she is not pretending to mourn him.
All you have to do is tell the police, he'll be convicted and your troubles will be over.Wadsworth's proposed fix for the blackmail: expose Mr. Boddy and let the law do the rest, delivered as if it were simple.
If you can't fight fairly, don't fight at all.A scolding delivered when the argument turns physical, telling the guests to stop behaving like children.
このシーンについての質問
Who is the blackmailer?
Mr. Boddy. Wadsworth builds up to it and then says it outright — 'He's the one who's blackmailing you' — which is why the guests immediately turn on him.
Did Mrs. White kill her husband?
She insists 'I didn't kill him,' and Wadsworth points out the awkward fact that the husband is the one who died. The film plays it as a joke more than a verdict.
What is Mr. Green's secret?
He works for the State Department and is gay. He says he feels no shame about it, but the secret could cost him his job on security grounds.
Why won't the guests just go to the police?
Wadsworth argues they only need to tell the truth for Mr. Boddy to be convicted, but their own secrets would surface too, so nobody wants to speak first.
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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
再生中 · 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
第 17 章fatal mistakeWadsworth Counts the Last Bullet第 4 / 17 章 · 残り約 38 分