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Fargo · 1996 — 第 6 / 16 章 · 2'05" · B2

Marge Finds the Dealer Plates, Explained：all's I know is

It looks like routine police work: Marge and Lou read a dead trooper's scene, and she decides "that vehicle there probably had dealer plates." Underneath, ordinary talk is covering something worse—the family is already dealing with kidnappers who warned that calling the cops means someone gets shot.

あらすじ

At the crime scene, Marge and Lou study footprints, a trooper's citation book, and a Cierra whose plate starts with 'DLR.' Marge suspects the car had dealer plates. Later, the family argues about the kidnappers' warning: one person says you call a professional, but the answer is that the kidnappers said no cops.

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注目の表現

footprintsmixed up incitation bookall's I know is

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このシーンの表現

all's I know is

the only thing I know

Wade cuts the argument short, saying a real problem should go to a professional.

All's I know is, we need to leave now.

このシーンの他の表現

  • footprints

    marks left by feet

  • mixed up in

    involved in something wrong

  • citation book

    the ticket book

  • dealer plates

    plates issued to a car dealer

  • no match

    nothing matching

このシーンのメモ一覧

37 行のセリフに 24 件のメモ

表現 · A2take a look at something

have a look at

Let's go take a look at that trooper.
表現 · A2footprints here

prints at this spot

There's different footprints here, Lou.
発音different footprints

Different footprints link up, with t running into f.

There's different footprints here, Lou.
表現 · A2smaller than someone

less big than

Yeah. This guy's smaller than his buddy.
表現 · B1on one's hip

at the waist

Well, he's got his gun on his hip there, and he looks like a nice enough guy.
表現 · B1monkey with something

tamper with

Didn't monkey with his car there, did you?
スラング · B1monkey with

tamper with — Casual for tampering; not for formal talk.

Didn't monkey with his car there, did you?
表現 · B1shut the lights

turned off the lights

Well, somebody shut his lights.
表現 · A2wait for someone

awaiting someone

I guess the little guy sat in there waiting for his buddy to come back.
文法 · B2waiting for his buddy to come back

participle phrase: The waiting phrase describes what the smaller man was doing while he sat there.

I guess the little guy sat in there waiting for his buddy to come back.
スラング · A2Heck

a mild exclamation — A light, polite stand-in for hell.

Heck, yeah. You think is Dave open yet?
表現 · B1night crawlers

earthworms for bait

Oh, no, no. I just want to get Norm some night crawlers.
表現 · A2plate number

license plate number

Under plate number he put "DLR."
表現 · B1fill out a form

completing a form

I figure they stopped him or shot him before he could finish filling out the tag number.
文法 · B2before he could finish filling out

time clause: The before-clause with could shows he never got the chance to finish writing.

I figure they stopped him or shot him before he could finish filling out the tag number.
スラング · B1I figure

I reckon — A casual way to say I think or I guess.

I figure they stopped him or shot him before he could finish filling out the tag number.
表現 · A2look for something

searching for

So, I got the State looking for a Cierra with a tag starting "DLR."
文法 · B1don't got no

double negative: The double negative is nonstandard speech, yet it simply means no match.

They don't got no match yet.
スラング · B1don't got no

nonstandard for don't have any — Nonstandard speech; avoid in writing.

They don't got no match yet.
表現 · B1call a professional

hire an expert

Look, all's I know is, you got a problem, you call a professional.
表現 · B1no cops

no police

No. They said no cops.
表現 · B1we're gonna shoot

we will fire

They said, "You call your cops, and we're gonna shoot..."
発音call your cops

Call your cops links up, with the s sliding into and.

They said, "You call your cops, and we're gonna shoot..."
発音Where's my

The d in where's often drops, so the words run together.

Where's my protection? They got Jean here.

「Marge Finds the Dealer Plates」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene quietly does two jobs. In the snow, Marge turns throwaway details into a lead—footprints of two different sizes, a citation book with only 'DLR' written under the plate number, a car that 'probably had dealer plates'—which is exactly why she will solve this case. Then the film cuts to the family, where the same flat, polite Midwestern tone hides the real stakes: the kidnappers set the rules and everyone is obeying them. "They were darn clear on that, Wade" sounds like a reminder, but it's a threat being passed along. Nobody in the room says what they mean, because saying it out loud would force them to act. The calm voices are the point: the violence is already in the room, just not in the words.

Theme

SecretsThe family won't call the police because of a secret arrangement, even as Marge quietly closes in on the killers' car.
JusticeMarge reads a dead trooper's scene and follows the smallest clues, moving the case forward while the family stalls.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A half-written plate number breaks the case open.
  • Marge reasons from small details, never from guesses.
  • Wade's refusal to call police raises the stakes.
  • The double negative marks Lou's loose, spoken style.

発音のポイント

  • different footprints — Different footprints link up, with t running into f.
  • call your cops — Call your cops links up, with the s sliding into and.
  • Where's my — The d in where's often drops, so the words run together.
There's different footprints here, Lou.

Marge notices the prints don't match, meaning more than one person was at the car; it's her first clue at the scene.

I think that vehicle there probably had dealer plates.

From the trooper's unfinished note, Marge deduces the killers' car carried dealership plates, pointing the hunt toward a car lot.

Look, all's I know is, you got a problem, you call a professional.

A blunt rule for trouble: bring in an expert, here meaning the police, instead of handling it yourself.

They were darn clear on that, Wade.

A calm, plain way of repeating the kidnappers' threat: no police, or someone gets shot.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Marge think the killers' car had dealer plates?

The trooper had written only 'DLR' under the plate number before he was stopped or shot. Marge realizes 'DLR' stands for dealer, so the vehicle was likely a dealership car rather than a private one.

Why won't the family call the police?

The kidnappers warned them not to. They made clear that if the family called the cops, someone would be shot, so the family tries to follow the rules instead of risking Jean's life.

What does 'dealer plates' mean?

License plates issued to a car dealership so its cars can be test-driven and moved without being registered to a private owner. In the film, this points Marge toward a car lot.

What clues does Marge find at the crime scene?

She notices footprints of two different sizes, learns that the trooper left the plate number unfinished, and works out that the killers' car probably had dealer plates.

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