to treat someone to a meal
So that evening I took her to dinner...Double Indemnity · 1944 — 第 18 / 21 章 · 2'05" · B2
Keyes Explains the Dietrichson Murder, Explained：like a hawk
Keyes calls Neff in and, after years of friendship, makes a "rather blunt statement": the Dietrichson case is murder, and not an ordinary one. He explains that the victim never boarded the train—he was killed elsewhere and placed on the tracks. Neff can only answer, "You're way ahead of me, Keyes."
あらすじ
In his flashback, Neff describes keeping Lola away from the Dietrichson case, then being summoned by Keyes on Monday morning. Outside the office is the last man he wants to see. Inside, Keyes announces that he has worked out the case: it was murder, and the victim was never on the train.
注目の表現
dynamitelike a hawkbluntcome any neater
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このシーンの表現
like a hawk
watching very closely
Walter complains that Keyes watched Phyllis like a hawk.
The auditor watched the books like a hawk.
このシーンの他の表現
- dynamite
something explosive or very risky
- blunt
direct and outspoken
- come any neater
nothing could be tidier
- figured out
to work something out completely
- the only way
the single option available
このシーンのメモ一覧
38 行のセリフに 26 件のメモ
to avoid being seen
at a Mexican restaurant down on Olvera Street where nobody would see us.to lift someone's spirits
I wanted to cheer her up.to take a drive
The next day was Sunday and we went for a ride down to the beach.to relax and open up
She had loosened up a bit, she was even laughing.to ensure something happens
I had to make sure that she wouldn't tell that stuff about Phyllis to anybody else.watching very closely
Walter complains that Keyes watched Phyllis like a hawk.
You were watching her like a hawk, Keyes.Stress hawk hard; like a slides by.
You were watching her like a hawk, Keyes.to have a phone line bugged
I couldn't even phone her because I was afraid you had the wires tapped.a written message left for you
Monday morning there was a note on my desk that you wanted to see me, Keyes.the person you least want to meet
Outside your door was the last guy in the world I wanted to see.a plain, direct remark
do you mind if I make a rather blunt statement?this is a homicide
This Dietrichson business, it's murder...this whole affair — A casual, faintly dismissive word for an affair.
This Dietrichson business, it's murder...nothing could be tidier
Keyes calls the murder the neatest job of its kind.
and murders don't come any neater.to work something out completely
Keyes boasts that he has the whole case figured out.
I think Papa has it all figured out.packed and tied up in something
Figured out and wrapped up in tissue paper with pink ribbons on it.past participle phrase: The participle phrase adds how the case was packaged.
Figured out and wrapped up in tissue paper with pink ribbons on it.the single option available
Keyes reasons that the only way to be sure is to kill the man first.
The only way you can be sure is to kill him first...relative clause: The clause you can be sure identifies which way he means.
The only way you can be sure is to kill him first...Is to links into one sound, with to reduced.
The only way you can be sure is to kill him first...on the railway tracks
and then throw his body on the tracks.to go with the second option
Two possibilities, and I personally buy the second.to accept an idea — Casual for accepting or believing a claim.
Two possibilities, and I personally buy the second.to be further along than someone
You're way ahead of me, Keyes.very much, far — An informal intensifier, as in way ahead.
You're way ahead of me, Keyes.「Keyes Explains the Dietrichson Murder」を読み解く
What's really going on
The scene is a duel in which only one man knows he's in a duel. Keyes frames his accusation as a courtesy—"do you mind if I make a rather blunt statement?"—then lays out the whole method, almost admiring the craft: the killing was "smart, tricky, almost perfect." Neff, who committed the crime, has to sit still and listen to it solved in front of him, and his only move is flattery: "You're way ahead of me, Keyes." Keyes never names the killer; he is too pleased with the puzzle to look at the man across the desk. The irony is that the closer Keyes gets to the truth, the more he trusts the partner he is describing.
Theme
DeceptionNeff sits silent while Keyes reconstructs the murder, hiding that he is the partner Keyes is describing.
TrustKeyes admires his own solution so much that he never suspects the friend listening to it.
このチャプターで学べること
- Figured out means worked out completely
- The only way frames one option as the only one
- Come any neater is a negative comparative
- Blunt is direct, almost rude
発音のポイント
- like a hawk — Stress hawk hard; like a slides by.
- is to kill — Is to links into one sound, with to reduced.
The only way you can be sure is to kill him first...Keyes' key deduction: a staged train death only works if the victim is already dead, so the body was placed on the tracks.
Figured out and wrapped up in tissue paper with pink ribbons on it.Keyes' boast that his solution is complete and neatly packaged—an image of a case tied up like a gift.
Outside your door was the last guy in the world I wanted to see.Neff's dread in narration: the person waiting outside Keyes' office is the one witness he cannot afford to meet.
Walter, I'm a very great man. Yeah?Keyes' preening opener before the reveal: he announces his own brilliance, and Neff's flat "Yeah?" lets him keep going.
このシーンについての質問
How does Keyes figure out it was murder?
He starts from the body: Dietrichson never boarded the train. To be certain of a kill, the murderer would have to kill him elsewhere and then place him on the tracks, faking a leap from the moving train.
Does Keyes suspect Neff?
Not here. He is proud of solving the puzzle and never looks at the man in front of him. He lays out the method as a clever trick, and Neff answers with flattery—"You're way ahead of me, Keyes"—which keeps Keyes talking, not suspecting.
Why does Neff take Lola out?
Lola knows something damaging about Phyllis, and Neff needs her quiet. Dinner and a drive are his way of keeping her calm and making sure she won't repeat what she knows to anyone else.
What does Neff mean by calling the secret dynamite?
He means it is explosive information: true or not, it could blow up the whole scheme if it reaches the wrong person. That is why he works so hard to keep Lola from talking.
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第 1 章for my moneyWalter Meets Phyllis
第 2 章a honey of aNeff Flirts With Phyllis
第 3 章tie knots in one's stomachKeyes Busts Garlopis's Fake Claim
第 4 章worried sickPhyllis Pitches Accident Insurance
第 5 章knock someone offPhyllis Proposes Killing Her Husband
第 6 章a red-hot pokerPhyllis Returns in the Rain
第 7 章get ideasPhyllis Tells Walter Her Story
第 8 章crook the houseNeff's Roulette Wheel Speech
第 9 章at a crackNeff Fools Dietrichson Into Signing
第 10 章take it or leave itWalter Drives Lola to Nino
第 11 章accidentally on purposeWalter Meets Phyllis at the Market
第 12 章shaking like a leafKeyes Offers Neff the Claims Job
第 13 章back inWalter Builds His Alibi
第 14 章got the ballNorton Says It Wasn't an Accident
第 15 章a leg to stand onNorton Questions the Widow
第 16 章through the wringerKeyes Suspects the Beneficiary
第 17 章gets his teeth intoLola Tells Neff About the Nurse
再生中 · 第 18 章like a hawkKeyes Explains the Dietrichson Murder
第 19 章come apart at the seamsKeyes Exposes the Impersonation
第 20 章hang on to your hatKeyes Blames the Wrong Man
第 21 章brushed offWalter Confronts Phyllis第 18 / 21 章 · 残り約 11 分