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Was it my fault? Did I know that coal mine would have a cave-in?His Girl Friday · 1940 — 第 2 / 18 章 · 5'02" · B2
Hildy Quits the Post, Explained：hard feelings
Hildy walks into the newsroom to tell her ex-husband and former editor that she's remarrying and leaving the business. Walter smiles through it, then starts bargaining — "Come back to work on the paper" — because to him the marriage was never the problem, the quitting is.
あらすじ
In the opening scene, Hildy Johnson visits the office of Walter Burns, her ex-husband and the editor who made her a star reporter. She has an engagement ring and a plan to quit newspapers. Walter listens, jokes, and immediately begins trying to pull her back onto the paper.
注目の表現
hard feelingsget alongmaking eyes at someonework out
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このシーンの表現
hard feelings
resentment
Hildy expects a fight, but Walter shrugs that he holds no hard feelings.
We argued, but there are no hard feelings between us.
このシーンの他の表現
- get along
get on well
- making eyes at someone
flirting with looks
- work out
succeed
- be through
be finished
このシーンのメモ一覧
113 行のセリフに 24 件のメモ
Would have contracts to would've in fast speech.
Was it my fault? Did I know that coal mine would have a cave-in?rather than
Instead of two weeks in Atlantic City with my bridegroom...many times over
I came to tell you to stop phoning me a dozen times a day...The t in can't often drops before get.
Come back to work on the paper, and if we can't get along...repulsive — A sharp, playful insult; avoid in polite talk.
Walter, you're wonderful in a loathsome sort of way.not anymore
You are no longer my husband and no longer my boss.overacting — Said when someone overacts; casual and teasing.
Stop hamming.a rare treat
It was a novelty to have a face to look at without shuddering.infinitive subject: The infinitive after it is the real subject, delaying the point of the sentence.
It was a novelty to have a face to look at without shuddering.manage without
The paper's going to have to get along without me. So will you.inversion and ellipsis: The inversion replaces a whole clause, meaning you will too.
The paper's going to have to get along without me. So will you.counterfactual if: A past counterfactual: the marriage failed because she was not satisfied.
It would have worked if you'd been satisfied as editor and reporter.of all times
365 days in a year, and this has to be the day.Has to blurs into has-ta with a weak to.
365 days in a year, and this has to be the day.deliberately
Not on purpose?expected to
He's supposed to cover the Earl Williams case, and where is he?get lost — A rude way to tell someone to leave; not for elders.
Scram, Svengali.what about
If you won't do it for love, how about money?a fool — An insult for someone loud and foolish; heated talk only.
Listen to me, you baboon...strong-arm
Trying to blackjack me.a place to
I want to go someplace where I can be a woman.rush about
Buttinskies running around with no money, and for what?so to speak
He's not what you'd call rich. He makes about $5000 a year.「Hildy Quits the Post」を読み解く
What's really going on
The scene is a negotiation wearing the mask of a breakup. Hildy states the terms plainly — "You are no longer my husband and no longer my boss" — but Walter hears a challenge, not a goodbye. His whole strategy is to keep her talking: he revisits their ruined honeymoon, offers her the job back, claims he has no hard feelings, then dangles a raise and an exclusive story when sentiment fails. When he finally sees the engagement ring, he turns it into one more talking point. The comedy comes from the speed and the pleasure Walter takes in the fight; Hildy keeps insisting she's through, but she stays in the room, trading lines. What makes the scene durable is that both arguments are real: she wants an ordinary life, and he believes the newspaper is the only life worth having.
Theme
PowerWalter treats the conversation as a contest he refuses to lose, using charm, cash, and a headline to keep control of his star reporter.
AmbitionHildy wants a normal life, but the pull of the newsroom and the thrill of the story keep her from walking away cleanly.
このチャプターで学べること
- The job offer is really a marriage proposal in disguise.
- Hildy's ring is the only argument Walter cannot talk around.
- Their banter hides how much the divorce still stings.
- Leaving the paper means leaving a version of herself.
発音のポイント
- would have — Would have contracts to would've in fast speech.
- can't get — The t in can't often drops before get.
- has to be — Has to blurs into has-ta with a weak to.
Suppose we did! That isn't what I got married for!The retort to a professional victory: winning the story may be true, but it is no answer to a marriage that was supposed to come first.
You are no longer my husband and no longer my boss.Hildy's clean summary of what has ended: she is cutting both ties at once, and the line is meant to be final.
I want to go someplace where I can be a woman.Her real reason for leaving: the job makes her one of the boys, and she wants a life where her role is not the newsroom.
Walter, you're wonderful in a loathsome sort of way.A compliment and an accusation at once: she still enjoys his nerve even as she names what makes him impossible.
We're a team. The paper needs both of us!Walter's pitch in a sentence: not love, not money, but partnership — the thing he knows she misses most.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Hildy come to see Walter?
To announce that she is quitting the newspaper and marrying Bruce Baldwin. She wants it understood in person, and she wants his calls and telegrams to stop.
Why does Walter keep stalling instead of accepting it?
He isn't ready to lose his best reporter. As long as Hildy keeps talking, he can keep offering — her old job, a raise, an exclusive story — and he knows the work still excites her.
Why does Hildy say she is "through"?
She means she is finished with the newspaper business, not just with Walter. The scene keeps testing whether that decision is as firm as she says it is.
Why does Walter mention the honeymoon?
To turn an old grievance into a joke and keep the conversation going. Bringing up the coal-mine story reminds Hildy of the work they did together, which is exactly what he wants her to remember.
Does Hildy actually want to leave the paper?
She says so repeatedly, but she keeps engaging, defending her reasons, and enjoying the sparring. The film leaves it deliberately open whether the decision or the habit is stronger.
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次のチャプター · 第 3 章take the wind out of someone's sailWalter Meets Bruce Baldwin
第 1 章gum up the worksHildy Tells Walter She's Remarrying
再生中 · 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
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 2 / 18 章 · 残り約 74 分