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Deathtrap · 1982 — 第 26 / 30 章 · 2'32" · B2

Helga Warns Sidney Again, Explained：fed up with

Helga returns through a storm to repeat her warning: "This is the man I warn you of. Man in boots who attacks you." She tells Sidney to send the man away, then solves her own puzzle when she sees the typewriter: "Corona, not Colonna." Sidney agrees to act at once.

あらすじ

On a stormy night, Helga Ten Dorp comes back to warn Sidney that the man in boots will attack him, and urges him to send the man away. When she sees the typewriter, she realizes her earlier confusion: it is Corona, not Colonna. Sidney pretends he was already going to dismiss Clifford.

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注目の表現

warn someone ofsend someone awayput something offold bat

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このシーンの表現

fed up with

tired of, annoyed by

As thunder cracks, Sidney snaps that he has had enough of the weather, letting his irritation show.

I'm fed up with these endless meetings.

このシーンの他の表現

  • warn someone of

    tell someone to beware

  • send someone away

    make someone leave

  • put something off

    delay something

  • old bat

    an insult for an old woman

  • bits of business

    small stage actions

このシーンのメモ一覧

47 行のセリフに 23 件のメモ

表現 · B1a bad one

an ominous sign here: an ominous reading

Miss Ten Dorp says it's a bad one. She needs some candles. Do we have any?
表現 · B2dismiss someone

fire him

Do you know, I decided just tonight to dismiss him?
表現 · B2be uneasy about someone

anxious about

Now, I felt uneasy about him last week...
表現 · B2check on someone

look into someone

And I asked my lawyer to check on him.
表現 · B1do something at once

immediately

-You must send away this man at once. -I was going to.
発音send away

The d links into away as one sound.

-You must send away this man at once. -I was going to.
表現 · B2blow up

flare up, get violent

It's really blowing up out there.
表現 · B1get something right

be correct

Ja, sometimes they get it right, these weathermen.
文法 · B2You want I should stay

nonstandard question: You want I should is a casual, nonstandard way to ask if someone wants you to do something.

-You want I should stay? -No, there's no need.
発音want I

Link want I so it sounds like one word.

-You want I should stay? -No, there's no need.
表現 · A2just before something

right before

She noticed them just before you came in.
表現 · B2all over the place

everywhere, messy

And we were attacking each other all over the place.
文法 · B1we were attacking each other

past continuous: The past continuous shows an action in progress while the two rehearsed.

And we were attacking each other all over the place.
文法 · B2The closer you stick to the truth, the better

the comparative: The more X, the more Y builds a proportional rule from two comparatives.

The closer you stick to the truth, the better.
発音stick to the

Run stick to together and weaken the to.

The closer you stick to the truth, the better.
スラング · B2Old bat

nasty name for an old woman — A rude jab, only said behind someone's back.

Old bat.
表現 · B2end it with someone

break it off with

I've ended it with Julian on the phone.
スラング · C1Tin Pan Alley

old-fashioned and corny — Used to call writing dated and sugary.

The dialogue's a bit Tin Pan Alley but your timing's good.
表現 · B1ready to go

all set to start

I've got Act Two ready to go. CLIFFORD: Terrific.
表現 · C1bits of business

small stage actions

Rehearsing the script, Sidney says two bits of business might not work, using theatre jargon.

There are two bits of business I'm not sure will work.
表現 · B2one by one / scene by scene

one scene at a time

We'll try them, and if they do, we'll go through the whole thing scene by scene.
表現 · B2be fed up with something

tired of, annoyed by

As thunder cracks, Sidney snaps that he has had enough of the weather, letting his irritation show.

Thunder clapping: Shit, I'm fed up with this weather.
スラング · B2Shit

a swear of frustration — Blurted in frustration; never in polite company.

Thunder clapping: Shit, I'm fed up with this weather.

「Helga Warns Sidney Again」を読み解く

What's really going on

The psychic thread closes here and opens again. Helga's warning is specific enough to be unsettling, 'This is the man I warn you of,' and her advice is plain: get rid of him. But the name she once half-heard is cleared up by a typewriter, 'Corona, not Colonna,' which shows how her gift works and how it still needs a lucky detail. Sidney turns all of it to his advantage, claiming he meant to dismiss Clifford all along. When Clifford returns, they dress the truth up as karate practice, and Sidney lays down the rule he lives by, 'The closer you stick to the truth, the better.' The scene shows how quickly a warning becomes cover.

Theme

DeceptionSidney turns a real warning into part of his story, claiming he had already decided to send Clifford away.
LiesThe attack is recast as karate practice, and the rule is to stay as close to the truth as possible while lying.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A prophecy lands harder when it names a face.
  • Sidney's calm is a performance, not a plan.
  • Even the weather gets blamed for a bad night.
  • The nastiest line comes only after the guest leaves.

発音のポイント

  • send away — The d links into away as one sound.
  • want I — Link want I so it sounds like one word.
  • stick to the — Run stick to together and weaken the to.
The closer you stick to the truth, the better.

Sidney's rule for a convincing lie: keep the story as close to what really happened as possible.

But again tonight, I feel danger here in this room.

Helga repeats the reading she gave before, insisting the danger in the room has not gone away.

This is the man I warn you of. Man in boots who attacks you.

She identifies Clifford by the boots, turning her earlier vision into a specific accusation.

Candles are not why I come. I have many candles.

A dry deflation of the candle errand, making clear her real reason for returning is the warning.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Helga come back?

She says the feeling is stronger than before and that Sidney should not keep the man in the house. The candles are just an excuse for the visit.

What does 'Corona, not Colonna' mean?

Helga earlier gave the name Colonna. Seeing the typewriter brand Smith Corona shows she misheard it, which explains part of her confusing vision.

Why does Sidney pretend he was going to dismiss Clifford?

It gives him a reason to act against Clifford and makes Helga's warning seem to confirm a decision he had already made, instead of a reaction to her.

What is the karate story?

Sidney tells Helga that Clifford's boots and the attacking vision were just the two of them practicing karate, a cover for what really happened.

デストラップ・死の罠 · 全 30 章

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