Ain't here links so the t almost disappears.
He ain't here.His Girl Friday · 1940 — 第 11 / 18 章 · 5'00" · C1
Hildy Sells Her Scoop for $450, Explained：tear it out of someone
Hildy has paid for the jailbreak story and now she's selling it, quoting her price: "It cost me $450 to tear it out of Cooley." Walter promises the money back and swears on a grave that keeps changing. Then he hands Louie $450 in counterfeit bills to deliver, so the scoop is real and the payment is not.
あらすじ
The press room is flooded with calls about Earl Williams's escape: he shot his way out of a sanity exam and vanished. Hildy, who paid Cooley for the exclusive, phones Walter to sell it. Walter promises to send the $450 back at once — then has Louie carry over a stack of counterfeit bills.
注目の表現
shot his way outmanhuntdopeexclusive
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このシーンの表現
tear it out of someone
force information out of someone
Hildy says she had to force the story out of the tight-lipped Cooley.
You can't tear it out of me.
このシーンの他の表現
- shot his way out
escape by shooting
- manhunt
an organised search for a person
- dope
inside information
- exclusive
a story no one else has
- afraid he'll recover
ironically hoping he stays ill
このシーンのメモ一覧
107 行のセリフに 26 件のメモ
is not — Nonstandard speech; avoid it in writing.
He ain't here.escape by shooting
Hildy dictates how Earl, taken for a test, shot his way out minutes later.
...to be examined by Egelhoffer. In a few minutes, he shot his way out.must have + past participle: Must have slid states a confident guess about a past action.
He must have slid down the rainpipe.a short feature piece
Here's a little feature. An accident about a tear bomb.Tear bomb runs together like a single word.
Yeah, tear bomb, tear bomb. Criminals cry for it.under someone's control
The tear bomb went off unexpectedly in the hands of the bombing squad.take to hospital fast
The following deputies were rushed to the hospital.given all I have done
After all I've done for you.rather plain-looking
You remember, the very homely dame? Call you back.a woman — Dated slang for a woman; often dismissive today.
You remember, the very homely dame? Call you back.inside information — Old newsroom slang for inside information.
- McCue speaking. Give me the desk. - Any dope on how he escaped?secure an exclusive
I've got the story on how Williams escaped, and I've got it exclusive.object clause: The clause I gave him money is the object of tell, with that left out.
I'll give it to you. But first I have to tell you I gave him money.swear by something
I'll send the money. I swear it on my mother's grave.your ideal version
All right, here's your story. The jailbreak of your dreams.so as to do something
...in order to study Williams' coordination.give a grand welcome
If he'd unrolled a red carpet and loaned Williams an umbrella...could not be more so
...it couldn't have been more ideal.had better: Had better marks a strong expectation, here that the money really should arrive.
I had better. Bruce is waiting in a taxi for me and we're in a hurry.let someone down
Walter's man promises he has never flopped on him, meaning he has never failed a job.
I've never flopped on you yet, have I?In American speech the t in get going becomes a flap.
Come on, get going. You only got about two minutes. Hurry.fake banknotes
Louie, come here. I need $450 worth of counterfeit money.a piece about something
Emil, I got a good feature on the manhunt.the punchline or reward
Here's the payoff. They named the kid Peter Hartwell DeWolfe.name it something
Well, they called it "mashing".「Hildy Sells Her Scoop for $450」を読み解く
What's really going on
The sequence runs on a single joke: everything in this world has a price, and the price is usually fake. Hildy is genuinely proud of her scoop — "It cost me $450 to tear it out of Cooley" — because she bought it at her own risk and with someone else's money. Walter's response is pure Walter: he promises the refund with a solemn oath, "I'll send the money. I swear it on my mother's grave," then swaps the grave when he's caught out and delivers counterfeit cash. The manhunt coverage around them makes the same point at scale: a sheriff's election, a reward, a shooting, and a scrub lady winged for the copy — all of it processed into features. Nobody in the room is lying about the facts, and nobody is telling the truth about the money.
Theme
MoneyThe whole exchange has a price tag — $450 for a quote, $450 back in counterfeit — and the film treats cash as the real language of the newsroom.
CorruptionA manhunt becomes copy, a reward becomes leverage, and Walter settles a debt with fake money, all without anyone breaking stride.
このチャプターで学べること
- A scoop here is priced at exactly $450.
- The heaviest oath is broken before the next breath.
- Good news about a hurt man is turned inside out.
- Even the payment is planned as a fake.
発音のポイント
- ain't here — Ain't here links so the t almost disappears.
- tear bomb — Tear bomb runs together like a single word.
- get going — In American speech the t in get going becomes a flap.
It cost me $450 to tear it out of Cooley.Hildy's proud price tag for the scoop: she paid a source to talk, and she wants credit and reimbursement for both the story and the cash.
I'll send the money. I swear it on my mother's grave.Walter's grand oath of payment. It sounds solemn, but he's already planning to send counterfeit bills — the vow is part of the con.
They took him to the hospital, where they're afraid he'll recover.A deadpan line about the wounded professor: in this newsroom's logic, a recovery is bad news, because an injured expert is a better story.
Who do you suppose supplied it? Peter B. Hartwell. "B" for brains.Hildy's punchline about the escape: the sheriff handed over the very gun Williams used, and the joke twists his initial into an insult.
Maybe the sheriff let him out so he could vote for him.A newsroom wisecrack that treats an escaped prisoner as a voter — politics, journalism and law all tangled into one cynical setup.
このシーンについての質問
How did Hildy get the exclusive on the escape?
She paid Cooley $450 for it. The money isn't hers — it's Bruce's — which is why she's so insistent that Walter pay her back right away.
Why does Walter send counterfeit money?
He wants the story without actually repaying the debt. Sending Louie with $450 in fake bills keeps Hildy's scoop in his paper while the money stays fake.
Who really let Earl Williams escape?
The scene's joke is that the sheriff's own gun was handed over for a reenactment — the state supplies the weapon, and Williams uses it. Whether it was pure incompetence or something more is left to the characters' wit.
Why is Bruce arrested again?
Walter's interference keeps pulling him off the street. This time he's accused of 'mashing' after a dizzy woman in the taxi, a charge Bruce flatly denies.
What happens to Dr. Egelhoffer?
Williams shoots him during the escape. He's taken to the hospital, and the reporters promptly turn his injury into a joke about being afraid he'll recover.
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次のチャプター · 第 12 章a tissue of liesWalter Bribes the Governor's Messenger
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
再生中 · 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 11 / 18 章 · 残り約 34 分