by instinct and nerve
Walter flatters Hildy, saying she holds the whole city by sheer nerve and instinct.
You got the whole city by the seat of the pants.His Girl Friday · 1940 — 第 15 / 18 章 · 5'02" · B2
Hildy Chooses the Story Over Bruce, Explained：best interest at heart
Walter Burns needs Hildy Johnson to write the Earl Williams story, so he flatters her with a bigger future than marriage. "This isn't just a newspaper story. It's a career!" Meanwhile Bruce waits to catch the nine o'clock train, and Hildy cannot tear herself away.
あらすじ
Walter Burns argues that the Earl Williams scoop is not just a story but a career, and paints Hildy Johnson a future of statues and her own cigar. Bruce Baldwin arrives to take her to the nine o'clock train, but Hildy keeps working. When Bruce asks whether she wants to come, she cannot say yes.
注目の表現
by the seat of the pantsbest interest at heartget hold ofin a hurry
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このシーンの表現
best interest at heart
truly care for someone
Walter claims he argues only because he truly has Hildy's best interest at heart.
I'm saying this because I have your best interest at heart.
このシーンの他の表現
- by the seat of the pants
by instinct and nerve
- get hold of
reach someone
- in a hurry
hurriedly
- in the icebox
shelved, left cold
- human interest
a heartwarming angle
このシーンのメモ一覧
106 行のセリフに 34 件のメモ
Link seat and of so it sounds like sea-dov.
You got the whole city by the seat of the pants.a foolish brain
You've got the brain of a pancake.the reverse
- The other way around. - Don't get technical at such a time.relative clause: The that-clause describes the city and its long corruption.
You've taken a city that's been graft-ridden for 40 years...truly care for someone
Walter claims he argues only because he truly has Hildy's best interest at heart.
If I didn't have your best interest at heart, I wouldn't argue with you.second conditional: Past tense in if plus would marks an unreal condition.
If I didn't have your best interest at heart, I wouldn't argue with you.publish a scoop first
We'll keep Williams under cover, until we can break the story...time clause: The until-clause sets the deadline for hiding him.
We'll keep Williams under cover, until we can break the story...cornered
You got the mayor and Hartwell backed up against the wall.complain about
And you bellyache about catching the eight or nine o'clock train.complain — Casual and mildly scolding; not formal.
And you bellyache about catching the eight or nine o'clock train.a country bumpkin — A dismissive insult; avoid saying it to someone.
- But I never figured it that way. - Because you're a doll-faced hick.Now you're weakens to something like now-yer.
- We got a lot to do. - Now you're talking.police — Everyday word; use police in formal writing.
It's crawling with cops outside.reach someone
Between orders, Walter tells his man to get hold of Butch O'Connor and bring his crew.
And get hold of Butch O'Connor.Link hold and of so it sounds like hol-dov.
And get hold of Butch O'Connor.What the blurs together in fast speech.
What the deuce do you want?the devil (mild oath) — An old-fashioned mild oath; rare today.
What the deuce do you want?leave jail
- I just want to ask you... - How'd you get out of jail?released on bail
I had to wire Albany for $100 so I could get out on bail.scrap, ditch — Newsroom slang for scrapping something.
- Junk the Polish Corridor! - Tell me where my mother was going.hurriedly
Bruce presses about his mother and the money, and Hildy says only that she left in a hurry.
- Did she get the money? - She left in a hurry.a guaranteed bank check
I can handle things. I'll take that certified check too.happening
Say, there's something funny going on... What are you doing?listen to me
Wait a minute. Now look here, my good man...be quiet (rude) — Rude; only in a heated moment.
You shut up, Burns.had a change of heart
But you caught her and changed her mind...sacrifice all
Will you give up everything for a man like him?shelved, left cold
Kept waiting by Hildy, Bruce compares himself to something left cold in the icebox.
I see. I'll keep. I'm like something in the icebox.reason clause: The because-clause gives the reason for her accusation.
That isn't true. Just because you won't listen you say I don't love you.a heartwarming angle
The editor insists the small rooster story stays because its human interest keeps readers.
What? Leave the rooster story alone. That's human interest.prepositional modifier: The with-phrase identifies which wife is meant.
The one with the wart on her? Fanny. What, Duffy?endure until
Good. Butch's on his way. We just have to hold out for 15 minutes.「Hildy Chooses the Story Over Bruce」を読み解く
What's really going on
The scene is a seduction by flattery. Walter does not argue that Hildy should stay because the work matters; he argues that staying will make her famous, with streets named after her and movies calling. "This isn't just a newspaper story. It's a career!" he tells her, and she keeps typing. Bruce, the man she has chosen to marry, arrives to catch a train and is immediately made to feel like an interruption — "I'm like something in the icebox." The joke is that Hildy is not really being given a choice. The newsroom has already claimed her, and when Bruce asks whether she wants to come, her answer is swallowed by the next edition. She tells him to take her as she is, because she has no intention of changing.
Theme
AmbitionWalter sells Hildy the Earl Williams story as fame and a career, and she chooses the newsroom over marriage and the nine o'clock train.
MarriageBruce, the man Hildy agreed to marry, is left waiting while she works, and she tells him to accept her as she is or not at all.
このチャプターで学べること
- Walter sells a scoop as a revolution, and it nearly works.
- Bruce asks a plain question and gets evasions.
- The scene shows how ambition can sound like romance.
- Newsroom slang runs through the whole pitch.
発音のポイント
- seat of — Link seat and of so it sounds like sea-dov.
- Now you're — Now you're weakens to something like now-yer.
- hold of — Link hold and of so it sounds like hol-dov.
- What the — What the blurs together in fast speech.
This isn't just a story. It's a revolution.Walter's pitch: the Earl Williams scoop is so big it can overturn the city's politics, not merely fill the paper.
If you want me, take me as I am. Don't try to change me.Hildy's condition for Bruce: she will not be remade into a quiet suburban wife, and he must accept the newspaperman she is.
I'm no suburban bridge player. I'm a newspaperman.She rejects the life Bruce is offering and names the job she belongs to.
You've got the brain of a pancake.A blunt insult in the newsroom's fast banter, aimed at someone being slow or foolish, comparing a mind to flat, soft batter.
I see. I'll keep. I'm like something in the icebox.Bruce's complaint that he is being left on hold while Hildy works, kept cold and waiting like food stored away.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Hildy Johnson stay at the newspaper?
Because Walter sells her the Earl Williams story as the chance of a lifetime. He promises fame, statues, and her own cigar, and by the time Bruce arrives Hildy is already absorbed in writing the lead.
Why doesn't Hildy leave with Bruce on the nine o'clock train?
She is caught up in the biggest story of her career and keeps working even as Bruce stands beside her. When he asks whether she wants to come, she answers that she does not.
What does 'in the icebox' mean here?
It means being put on hold and left waiting, like food stored in an old-fashioned icebox. Bruce says it to show how it feels to be kept waiting while Hildy works.
Is Walter Burns really looking out for Hildy?
He claims so — "If I didn't have your best interest at heart, I wouldn't argue with you" — but every argument he makes is about the story he wants and the paper's glory, not her marriage.
Who is Bruce Baldwin?
The man Hildy Johnson plans to marry and leave the paper with. In this scene he arrives to take her to the nine o'clock train and grows angry as she keeps choosing the newsroom.
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第 1 章gum up the worksHildy Tells Walter She's Remarrying
第 2 章hard feelingsHildy Quits the Post
第 3 章take the wind out of someone's sailWalter Meets Bruce Baldwin
第 4 章kick the bucketWalter Schemes to Keep Hildy
第 5 章blood on your handsWalter Bets Bruce an Insurance Policy
第 6 章sour grapesBruce Names Hildy His Beneficiary
第 7 章give something six monthsHildy Interviews Earl Williams
第 8 章make a fool out of someoneMollie Rounds on the Reporters
第 9 章double-crossingHildy Tears Up Her Story
第 10 章go over the wallEarl Williams Escapes the Jail
第 11 章tear it out of someoneHildy Sells Her Scoop for $450
第 12 章a tissue of liesWalter Bribes the Governor's Messenger
第 13 章lay lowEarl Walks Into the Press Room
第 14 章sitting prettyEarl Hides in the Press Room Desk
再生中 · 第 15 章best interest at heartHildy Chooses the Story Over Bruce
第 16 章kid glovesWalter Double-Crosses Bensinger
第 17 章barking up the wrong treeHartwell Finds the Escape Gun
第 18 章whistle in the darkEarl Is Captured in the Desk第 15 / 18 章 · 残り約 14 分