begin to run its course
The machinery had started to move and nothing could stop it.Double Indemnity · 1944 — 第 9 / 21 章 · 3'25" · B2
Neff Fools Dietrichson Into Signing, Explained：at a crack
Walter Neff comes to the house to sell an accident policy, but he doesn't need a sale — only a signature. He slips the application in with the car-renewal papers, and the husband signs whatever is put in front of him. "Where do I sign?" he asks cheerfully, never reading a word.
あらすじ
At the Dietrichson house, insurance salesman Walter Neff uses the excuse of renewing the family's car insurance. With Phyllis's daughter Lola in the room as a witness, he delivers his sales talk and then puts the accident-policy application in front of Mr. Dietrichson, who signs both copies without reading them.
注目の表現
fix him up withwithout his knowingat a crackbore someone stiff
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このシーンの表現
at a crack
in one go
During the sales call, the wife mocks her husband for buying five hats at a crack.
He sold three cars at a crack.
このシーンの他の表現
- fix him up with
get something for someone
- without his knowing
without him realizing
- bore someone stiff
bore someone completely
- in case you're interested
if you happen to care
- for her weight
considering how small she is
このシーンのメモ一覧
74 行のセリフに 20 件のメモ
persuade someone to do something
So I had to get him to sign without his knowing what he was signing.a pitch to a customer
And I wanted another witness besides Phyllis to hear me give him a sales talk.the sole method
The only way you can protect yourself is by having a personal policy of your own.belonging to oneself
The only way you can protect yourself is by having a personal policy of your own.Run the only way together and stress only.
The only way you can protect yourself is by having a personal policy of your own.leave someone without money
What keeps us broke is you going out and buying five hats at a crack.Link at and a; land on crack for the joke.
What keeps us broke is you going out and buying five hats at a crack.per dollar spent
Dollar for dollar, Mr. Dietrichson...Stress both dollar words and glide over for.
Dollar for dollar, Mr. Dietrichson...a renewal form
All we'll need on that is for you to sign the application for renewal.for + infinitive: For you marks who performs the infinitive: the signing is yours to do.
All we'll need on that is for you to sign the application for renewal.a more worthwhile activity
It bores me stiff. Got something better to do?Is there anything more interesting? — A blunt, impatient question among family.
It bores me stiff. Got something better to do?that Zachetti fellow — Dismissive spoken label for a disliked man.
It better not be that Zachetti guy.the intersection of two streets
I'm meeting her at the corner of Vermont and Franklin, the northwest corner...insured up to a point
So you'll be covered until the new policies are issued.time clause: The until-clause sets the point coverage ends: when the new policies are issued.
So you'll be covered until the new policies are issued.for one's records
I need it for my files. Files. Duplicates. Triplicates.collect something
Don't worry about the check, I can pick it up at your office some morning.「Neff Fools Dietrichson Into Signing」を読み解く
What's really going on
This is a killing being arranged through clerical work. Neff narrates that he doesn't need Dietrichson to buy anything — "all I wanted was his signature on an application" — and that he has to get it "without his knowing what he was signing." To protect the scheme later, he makes sure another witness is present: Lola, the stepdaughter, sits in the room playing Chinese checkers. When she argues with her father about her boyfriend and storms off to roller-skate, the family quarrel covers the real transaction happening at the table. Dietrichson grumbles about money and hats, jokes about the varsity, and signs. The horror is in the ordinariness: everyone is talking, and no one sees that a life is being insured against its own end.
Theme
DeceptionA murder plan advances through a routine sales call, with a hidden insurance application tucked among car-renewal forms.
MoneyDietrichson's grumbling about bills and hats sits beside the real money at stake: a policy worth killing for.
このチャプターで学べること
- The only way to do something names the single method left.
- At a crack means in one go or sitting.
- Bored stiff means bored completely, not physically stiff.
- To make the varsity is to earn a place on the top team.
発音のポイント
- The only way — Run the only way together and stress only.
- at a crack — Link at and a; land on crack for the joke.
- Dollar for dollar — Stress both dollar words and glide over for.
The machinery had started to move and nothing could stop it.Neff describes the plan as already in motion, as if the scheme itself now runs and he has lost the power to halt it.
The only way you can protect yourself is by having a personal policy of your own.Part of Neff's sales talk: since Dietrichson isn't covered by workman's compensation, he pitches the private policy he actually wants signed.
What keeps us broke is you going out and buying five hats at a crack.Dietrichson's complaint to Phyllis — his one sharp line about money, said while a hidden accident policy is being signed.
So I had to get him to sign without his knowing what he was signing.Neff's plain description of the trick: the signature is the whole point, and the victim must not understand the document.
このシーンについての質問
Why doesn't Neff just ask Dietrichson to buy the policy?
Dietrichson doesn't want accident insurance and would never sign it knowingly. Neff only needs the signature, so he hides the application among the car-renewal papers.
Why does Neff want a witness in the room?
He needs someone besides Phyllis to hear him give a sales talk, so the visit looks like ordinary business and the later investigation has no easy gap to exploit.
Who is Lola, and why is she there?
Lola is Dietrichson's daughter. Neff is uneasy that Phyllis chose her as the witness; she sits playing Chinese checkers 'as if nothing were going to happen.'
What does 'made the varsity' mean here?
It's sports slang for making a university's top team. Dietrichson uses it to boast about his Stanford football days while signing the papers.
Why does Dietrichson sign without reading?
He thinks he is renewing the car insurance and is tired from a long day. Neff hands him the pages, points to the bottom line, and he signs both copies without checking.
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次のチャプター · 第 10 章take it or leave itWalter Drives Lola to Nino
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
再生中 · 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
第 21 章brushed offWalter Confronts Phyllis第 9 / 21 章 · 残り約 41 分