What are you collapses into /ˈwʌtʃə/ in fast speech.
And what are you thinking about now?Double Indemnity · 1944 — 第 21 / 21 章 · 3'28" · B2
Walter Confronts Phyllis, Explained：brushed off
On the surface, Walter has come to say goodbye. Underneath, he is closing a trap: he tells Phyllis the story of two killers who share a trolley car and "can't get off," then reveals that Zachetti will "finish my ride" for him. She hears a death threat and starts bargaining for her life.
あらすじ
Walter Neff arrives at Phyllis Dietrichson's house late at night and says he came to say goodbye. He tells her his friend's theory: two people who commit a murder are stuck together like passengers on a trolley car, riding to the end of the line — the cemetery. Then he names Zachetti as the man who will finish his ride.
注目の表現
all throughgetting offbrushed offgot your hands on
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このシーンの表現
brushed off
dismissed
Walter says he would have been cast aside the moment Phyllis got the money.
He brushed off my warning and kept driving.
このシーンの他の表現
- all through
completely finished
- getting off
leaving the ride
- got your hands on
got hold of
- go for the idea
accept the idea
- trip you up
catch you out
このシーンのメモ一覧
63 行のセリフに 20 件のメモ
completely finished
Walter opens by saying he is done thinking, which sets up the confrontation.
I'm all through thinking, baby.leaving the ride
Walter uses the trolley metaphor to say he is getting off at this corner.
I'm getting off the trolley car right at this corner.In American speech the t in getting flaps toward a d.
I'm getting off the trolley car right at this corner.cut the fancy talk
Suppose you stop being fancy. Let's have it, whatever it is.has a point
Maybe he's got something there. You bet he has.complete it in my place
Only I'm not gonna be one of them. I've got another guy to finish my ride for me.which person do you mean
Just who are you talking about? An acquaintance of yours.by chance know
because I happen to know a little something about insurance, didn't I?a fool — Self-mocking or blunt; casual talk only.
I was a sucker.got hold of
Walter points out that Phyllis will discard him once the money is in her hands.
I'd have been brushed off just as soon as you got your hands on the money.concessive clause: The if-clause concedes the question of truth before dismissing it.
Doesn't make any difference if it's true or not.before he can react
He'll have him in that gas chamber before he knows what's happened to him.dead and buried
Sometimes people are where they can't talk. Under six feet of dirt, maybe.place clause: The where-clause names the situation in which people cannot speak.
Sometimes people are where they can't talk. Under six feet of dirt, maybe.blame it on someone
And if it was you, they'd charge that up to Zachetti, too, wouldn't they?speak out
and Lola gets a chance to sound off...catch you out
Walter explains they must act before the trial, in case Phyllis slips on the stand.
before they trip you up on the stand, and you start to go in drag me down with you.corrupt — A heavy moral insult; too strong for polite talk.
We're both rotten.concocted
Walter asks what scheme Phyllis has cooked up for tonight.
Is what you've got cooked up for tonight any better?「Walter Confronts Phyllis」を読み解く
What's really going on
What Walter describes as a friend's theory is really a verdict on the two of them. The trolley car is the murder plot itself: once they are on it, neither can step off alone. 'And the last stop is the cemetery,' he says, and by naming Zachetti as the man who will 'finish my ride for me,' he makes the metaphor concrete — someone else will take the fall. Phyllis reads it as the threat it is and reaches for her own exit: 'Maybe I'd rather talk.' Walter answers with 'Under six feet of dirt, maybe.' Each is quietly arguing over who gets off the trolley first, and which of them rides it to the end.
Theme
BetrayalBoth partners in the murder are now calculating how to let the other take the fall.
DeceptionWalter presents his own scheme as a friend's theory, using the trolley image to threaten Phyllis.
このチャプターで学べること
- Trip someone up means make them slip under questioning.
- Brushed off means dismissed or thrown aside.
- Cook up means invent a plan or excuse, usually shady.
- Go for it means accept or approve the idea.
発音のポイント
- what are you — What are you collapses into /ˈwʌtʃə/ in fast speech.
- getting off — In American speech the t in getting flaps toward a d.
And the last stop is the cemetery.The trolley ride that two murderers share ends in death; Walter's way of saying one of them will not walk away from the partnership.
Only I'm not gonna be one of them. I've got another guy to finish my ride for me.Walter refuses to share Phyllis's fate; he has arranged for Zachetti to take the blame and, presumably, the punishment instead of him.
It's been you and that Zachetti guy all along, hasn't it?Walter accuses Phyllis of having been with Zachetti from the start, turning their murder plot into a lover's betrayal.
I'd have been brushed off just as soon as you got your hands on the money.Walter says Phyllis would have dropped him the moment she had the insurance money, so he no longer trusts her or the plan.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Walter come to Phyllis's house at night?
He says he came to say goodbye, but he is really settling the murder plot and wants Phyllis to know that Zachetti will be the one blamed for it.
What is Walter's trolley car theory about?
He claims a friend of his thinks two people who commit a murder are bound together like riders on one trolley: neither can step off, and the last stop is death.
Why does Walter name Zachetti to Phyllis?
Zachetti is the man Keyes is hunting for the murder. By pointing that out, Walter makes clear the crime will be pinned on Zachetti rather than on the two of them.
Why does Phyllis say she would rather talk?
After Walter warns that some people end up 'under six feet of dirt,' she hears a threat and starts bargaining, trying to keep some control over what happens to her.
What does Keyes believe about the case?
Keyes is convinced Zachetti is the killer he has been looking for, and Walter counts on that certainty to close his own escape route.
深夜の告白 · 全 21 章
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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
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
再生中 · 第 21 章brushed offWalter Confronts Phyllisこの作品の 21 章はここまでです