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Sorry. Why don't you come in?Deathtrap · 1982 — 第 25 / 30 章 · 3'04" · B1
Helga Meets the Man in Boots, Explained：psychic
A stormy night brings Helga, the Dutch psychic, to the door to borrow candles. The young man who answers says he is Sidney's secretary, but Helga is more interested in his boots: "You wear boots?" Between weather predictions and small talk, she notices the wrong detail.
あらすじ
On a stormy night, Helga ten Dorp arrives to borrow candles and finds Clifford, who introduces himself as Sidney's secretary. She tells him she is psychic and predicts the coming storm, then notices his boots. When Sidney returns, she greets him, glad he got home before the weather turned.
注目の表現
Why don't youpsychicbe able to do somethinglightning and thunder
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このシーンの表現
psychic
a person who senses the unseen
Helga introduces herself as a psychic as casually as naming a job.
She claims to be psychic and predicts the weather.
このシーンの他の表現
- Why don't you
a soft way to suggest
- be able to do something
have the ability to do
- lightning and thunder
storm flashes and rumbles
- about ... ago
roughly that long in the past
- get home
arrive at home
このシーンのメモ一覧
45 行のセリフに 21 件のメモ
negative question: The negative question softens an offer into a suggestion.
Sorry. Why don't you come in?return very soon
Mr. Bruhl will be back in a minute.Link back in a so it sounds like one word.
Mr. Bruhl will be back in a minute.Stress the first syllable of psychic; the p is silent.
I'm psychic.mentioned to me
Yes, I know. Mr. Bruhl told me about you.have the ability to do
Clifford says Sidney told him Helga could somehow foresee his wife's death.
He said you were actually able to predict his wife 's death.noun clause: The clause after said reports her ability in reported speech.
He said you were actually able to predict his wife 's death.yes in German — Helga's German yes, marking her as foreign.
Ja, was much pain right here.eat dinner out
He's gone out to dinner for the first time since ....stormy weather
It will be big storm. Much wind and rain, lightning and thunder.future tense: Will be predicts what is coming: a big storm.
It will be big storm. Much wind and rain, lightning and thunder.take something to return later
I come to borrow candles.there are none (nonstandard) — Helga's broken English; not standard usage.
Are none in cottage.take a seat
I'm sure he must have some. Why don't you sit down, ma'am?have boots on
You wear boots?roughly that long in the past
Asked how long he has worked there, Clifford says about three weeks, after the wife died.
No. Actually I came here about three weeks ago after his wife died.Stress three and weeks to highlight how short the time is.
No. Actually I came here about three weeks ago after his wife died.a tiresome person
Mr. Bruhl. SIDNEY: Bloody bore Porter is.a tiresome person — British informal grumbling; keep it casual.
Mr. Bruhl. SIDNEY: Bloody bore Porter is.arrive at home
Sidney makes it back before the storm, and Helga greets him in her broken English.
How good you get home before storm.「Helga Meets the Man in Boots」を読み解く
What's really going on
The scene is a genre exercise: the storm, the stranger at the door, the flickering dread. Helga is played for comedy — her broken English and her certainty that 'It will be big storm' — but she is also the one who sees what the audience should notice. She asks about Sidney's wife's death without being told the details, then fixes on Clifford's boots: 'You wear boots?' In a house where a killer left footprints and where the secretary keeps his work locked away, the question is not small talk. Her batty certainty is the film's way of pointing straight at the truth.
Theme
DeceptionClifford presents himself as the secretary, and a stranger's idle curiosity quietly starts to expose the role he is playing.
SecretsInnocent questions about candles, storms and boots keep landing on the details Clifford would rather nobody examined.
このチャプターで学べること
- Helga's odd English marks her as an outsider.
- The storm sets the scene before the scare.
- Borrowing candles brings the psychic inside.
- Boots become the first hint of danger.
発音のポイント
- back in a — Link back in a so it sounds like one word.
- I'm psychic — Stress the first syllable of psychic; the p is silent.
- about three weeks ago — Stress three and weeks to highlight how short the time is.
It will be big storm. Much wind and rain, lightning and thunder.Helga's weather forecast, delivered with total confidence — comic, but the first sign she reads situations better than people expect.
I'm sure he must have some. Why don't you sit down, ma'am?Clifford's polite host routine, keeping the guest comfortable while hiding how little he really knows about the house.
No. Actually I came here about three weeks ago after his wife died.A quiet reveal: Clifford's position is brand new, tied directly to the death that made the household convenient.
He said you were actually able to predict his wife 's death.Clifford repeats the claim that Helga foresaw the death — surfacing the psychic's authority just as the real mystery begins.
このシーンについての質問
Who is Helga ten Dorp?
A Dutch psychic staying nearby. She comes to the Bruhl house during a storm to borrow candles and ends up meeting Clifford and sizing him up.
Why does Helga ask about Clifford's boots?
She notices he is wearing boots indoors on a stormy night. It looks like an odd detail, and it hints at the footprints a killer would have left.
Does Clifford really work for Sidney?
He says he is Sidney's secretary and that he arrived about three weeks ago, after Sidney's wife died. His role is clearly new and convenient.
Why is Helga's visit important?
She is the outside eye. She senses the death and fixates on Clifford's boots, planting the clue that will matter later.
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第 2 章add insult to injurySidney Rants About Being Written Out
第 3 章top billingSidney Plots to Steal a Play
第 4 章a god-sent opportunityMyra Urges Sidney to Call Anderson
第 5 章all the makingsSidney Calls Clifford About His Play
第 6 章got hooked onClifford Anderson Visits the Bruhls
第 7 章feet on the groundMyra Pushes Sidney to Collaborate
第 8 章go out of your wayClifford Asks for a Second Opinion
第 9 章hit a snagSidney Handcuffs Clifford
第 10 章untypical of meClifford Is Handcuffed
第 11 章the envy ofSidney Kills Clifford
第 12 章night and dayMyra Finally Tells Sidney to Leave
第 13 章guilt-riddenHelga Ten Dorp Arrives
第 14 章keep uncloudedHelga Foresees the Knife
第 15 章skeptical aboutHelga Predicts the Deathtrap
第 16 章once and for allMyra Hears Something Downstairs
第 17 章be my doingSidney Promises Nothing Will Go Wrong
第 18 章for future referenceThe Fake Murder Kills Myra
第 19 章lay an eggPorter Milgrim Meets the Secretary
第 20 章on the agendaPorter Reviews Sidney's Will
第 21 章a death wishSidney Pitches Deathtrap
第 22 章knock offClifford Wants a Shortcut
第 23 章be in on itClifford Talks Sidney Into Deathtrap
第 24 章kid a kidderBruhl and Anderson Team Up
再生中 · 第 25 章psychicHelga Meets the Man in Boots
第 26 章fed up withHelga Warns Sidney Again
第 27 章spill the beansThe Rehearsal Turns Deadly
第 28 章send someone packingClifford Turns the Gun on Sidney
第 29 章a snapClifford Turns the Tables on Sidney
第 30 章a can of wormsClifford Spares Sidney第 25 / 30 章 · 残り約 14 分