betray or ruin someone
Harry feels betrayed by Helen and thanks her with cold sarcasm instead of shouting.
Thank you very much for slicing my throat.Night and the City · 1950 — 第 9 / 19 章 · 3'42" · B2
Helen Gives Harry Two Hundred, Explained：go through the motions
Helen hands Harry two hundred pounds and tells him to take it to Phil, revealing she secretly owns a nightclub and wants the money to buy a license. Harry insists it has to go into wrestling, right before Mr. Kristo's solicitor arrives to warn him off the sport: "Mr. Fabian would find such a venture... unprofitable."
あらすじ
Helen gives Harry two hundred pounds and tells him to take it to Phil for the rest. She admits she has owned a nightclub for a year and wants the money for a license, so Harry should fake the wrestling promotion until they can open. As they talk, Kristo's solicitor arrives to warn Harry that his wrestling plan will be unprofitable.
注目の表現
slicing my throatevery twist and turnmatch itgo through the motions
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このシーンの表現
go through the motions
act without real effort
Helen tells Harry to fake the wrestling scheme until they can open the club.
He was just going through the motions at work after the layoffs.
このシーンの他の表現
- slicing my throat
betray or ruin someone
- every twist and turn
every detail and trick
- match it
throw someone's words back
- stop someone cold
halt someone completely
- in a manner of speaking
in a loose sense
このシーンのメモ一覧
68 行のセリフに 33 件のメモ
For reduces to fər so slicing carries the stress.
Thank you very much for slicing my throat.watch over someone's interests
Playing the loving wife, looking out for her husband's interests, huh?every detail and trick
Harry claims he can follow every trick in Helen's scheming mind.
I know every twist and turn in your scheming brain.be extremely careful with money
Oh, yes, watching every penny just so you...stop bothering someone
You leave Mary alone, d'you hear? She's fine with me.do you hear me — A warning tag; it carries a threat.
You leave Mary alone, d'you hear? She's fine with me.keep rising in the world
You married the boss, didn't you? You went on and up.pounds, in slang — British slang; write pound in anything formal.
200 quid.obey my instructions
Never mind. Just listen and do as I tell you.without any doubt
Helen, you're a wonder and no mistake!shut a business for good
Fla...? Flamenc0's closed down. Struck off by the police for two years.The d in closed often drops, so it sounds like close down.
Fla...? Flamenc0's closed down. Struck off by the police for two years.officially shut down — Mostly used of licences revoked by an authority.
Fla...? Flamenc0's closed down. Struck off by the police for two years.paid for later
I got it on credit.the only thing I need to do
In a year, all I have to do is put up five shillings for a license and I'm in business.supply money
In a year, all I have to do is put up five shillings for a license and I'm in business.act without real effort
Helen tells Harry to fake the wrestling scheme until they can open the club.
That's right. Go through the motions till we're ready to open the club.not an easy target a mark is someone easy to cheat or fool
- But Phil's no easy mark. - I know. I'm going to give you...an easy target — Slightly shady; never call someone a mark to their face.
- But Phil's no easy mark. - I know. I'm going to give you...halt someone completely
Harry boasts that with Gregorius in hand, Kristo is frozen and cannot move against him.
I've got Gregorius! A shield! I've got Kristo stopped cold!be finished with an activity
I'm through hustling for nightclubs for you or anybody else!cleft sentence: The It is ... who pattern puts the emphasis on I, not on the apology.
It is I who must ask you to forgive this intrusion, sir,in a loose sense
Asked whether Harry works for him, Phil hedges with a phrase that commits him to nothing.
Well, in a manner of speaking.paid by sales percentage
Phil describes Harry as paid on commission, downplaying any real employment.
He works on commission, but I should hardly...Works on links smoothly, with the s sliding into on.
He works on commission, but I should hardly...on the point of doing
Word has reached him that a certain Harry Fabian is about to engage in the promotion of wrestling.appositive clause: The that-clause spells out what the word reaching Kristo actually said.
Word has reached him that a certain Harry Fabian is about to engage in the promotion of wrestling.tend to do something
- He is given to these flights of fancy. - Oh, yes, quite.wild imaginative ideas
Phil dismisses Harry's grand plans as imaginative whims, right in front of the solicitor.
- He is given to these flights of fancy. - Oh, yes, quite.pay someone a visit
Therefore it might prove fruitful if Mr. Fabian called on me for a brief talk.tentative conditional: Might with a past-tense verb makes the suggestion cautious and non-committal.
Therefore it might prove fruitful if Mr. Fabian called on me for a brief talk.I would be very glad
I should be delighted.「Helen Gives Harry Two Hundred」を読み解く
What's really going on
The scene turns the whole film's engine over: Harry talks about money, and Helen quietly produces it. She has been holding back a nightclub all along and reveals it only when she needs Harry to do her work, telling him to "go through the motions" with the wrestling until the license comes through. Harry, who hates being handled, refuses to be small about it: "I'm through hustling for nightclubs for you or anybody else!" He wants the wrestling to be real. The last movement belongs to Kristo's polite solicitor, who warns that the venture would be "unprofitable," which is the film's way of saying the offer comes with a threat attached.
Theme
MoneyHelen secretly owns a business and controls the cash, and everyone in the room is trying to get it or protect it.
PowerKristo does not come himself; he sends a polite solicitor whose warning is really a threat about territory.
このチャプターで学べること
- A thank-you can be the sharpest insult.
- Politeness from a lawyer is a threat.
- Phil downplays Harry to protect himself.
- Helen's money comes with strings attached.
発音のポイント
- for slicing — For reduces to fər so slicing carries the stress.
- closed down — The d in closed often drops, so it sounds like close down.
- works on — Works on links smoothly, with the s sliding into on.
Thank you very much for slicing my throat.Harry's sarcastic thanks to Helen for cutting him out, said as if she had done him a favour.
I know every twist and turn in your scheming brain.His boast that he can read every turn of her plotting, which is exactly what she has been counting on.
I'm through hustling for nightclubs for you or anybody else!His declaration that he is done being a tout for other people's clubs, and that the wrestling plan is his own.
And who do you think runs the place for him? I do. Me.Helen's claim to be the real operator behind Phil's club, which settles who has been running things all along.
このシーンについての質問
Where does Helen get two hundred pounds?
She has been secretly saving from the club she owns. She never tells Harry the full story, only that he should take the money to Phil and collect the rest.
Why does Helen want Harry to pretend to promote wrestling?
The money is for a nightclub license she cannot yet use, so the wrestling plan is a cover until she can open. She tells Harry to go through the motions.
Why does Harry refuse to keep working for nightclubs?
He is tired of being a tout for other people's businesses and wants the wrestling venture to be his own. His line about being 'through hustling' is the moment he stops being an employee.
Why does Fergus Chilk visit?
He is Kristo's solicitor, sent to warn Harry that Kristo does not want him promoting wrestling. The warning is polite on the surface and a threat underneath.
What does "flights of fancy" mean?
It means unrealistic, imaginative ideas. The solicitor uses it to describe Harry's plans, which makes the warning sound even more condescending.
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次のチャプター · 第 10 章silent partnerHarry Makes Phil His Silent Partner
第 1 章come to your sensesHarry Pitches His Fuel Pill to Mary
第 2 章an artist without an artMary Borrows Money From Adam
第 3 章start off on the right footHarry Gets the Club Rules
第 4 章what do you knowHarry's Wallet Trick at the Club
第 5 章take it easyHarry Is Thrown Out of the Arena
第 6 章in the palm of my handHarry Pitches His Wrestling Plan
第 7 章with the best will in the worldHarry Tries to Borrow 200 Pounds
第 8 章talk down your noseMary Waits for Harry Outside
再生中 · 第 9 章go through the motionsHelen Gives Harry Two Hundred
第 10 章silent partnerHarry Makes Phil His Silent Partner
第 11 章get mixed up withKristo Tells Harry to Leave London
第 12 章hear me outHoskins Confronts Harry Over the Bill
第 13 章throw good money after badPhilip Withdraws from the Partnership
第 14 章turn tailHarry Buys The Strangler
第 15 章once and for allThe Strangler Crashes Harry's Gym
第 16 章the sharp edge of the knifePhilip Betrays Harry to Kristo
第 17 章a grudge fightThe Strangler Breaks Nikolas's Wrist
第 18 章in it for youKristo's Men Offer Mary £1,000
第 19 章struck offA Constable Voids the Club's Licence第 9 / 19 章 · 残り約 29 分