be short of
- Pretty shy on seating accommodations though.Paths of Glory · 1957 — 第 2 / 17 章 · 2'40" · B2
Broulard Visits Dax at the Front, Explained：armchair officer
General Broulard tours Colonel Dax's command post and delivers a speech about soldiers who must be where the fighting is, mocking the 'armchair officers' who run the war from a desk. The two examine a position called the Anthill and trade gentle ironies, while the general's confidence sits oddly beside the twenty-nine casualties of last night's relief.
あらすじ
General Broulard arrives to inspect Colonel Dax's front-line post. After polite small talk, the general lectures about soldiers who belong where the fighting is and mocks 'armchair officers' who direct the war from a desk. The two then study a position called the Anthill, which the general calls pregnable, and discuss the casualties from the previous night's relief.
注目の表現
armchair officervouch forlive up toon the move
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このシーンの表現
armchair officer
a desk-bound know-it-all
Mireau sneers at rear officers who run the war from behind a desk.
Armchair officers always know best after the fact.
このシーンの他の表現
- vouch for
say you can trust someone
- live up to
meet an expectation or standard
- on the move
travelling or active
- pregnable
able to be captured
- relief
the change of troops
このシーンのメモ一覧
54 行のセリフに 25 件のメモ
develop a habit of
More than enough for me. I never got the habit of sitting.standing up
Like to be on my feet. Keep on the move.say you can trust someone
The major backs up the general's restless habit, half joking, half flattering.
I can vouch for that, Colonel.Link vouch for into one run, with for reduced.
I can vouch for that, Colonel.for a time sufficient to
I can hardly get the general behind a desk long enough to sign an order.be anxious about whether
worrying about whether a mouse is going to run up their pants leg.choose between two options
I don't know, General. If I had the choice between mice and Mausers...a weak fool — Old-fashioned and insulting; never say it to someone's face.
Seriously though, if a man's a ninny...Got to weakens to gotta; the whole phrase runs together.
But if he wants to be a soldier, then, by heavens, he's got to be one.unless clause: Unless sets the one condition that must hold; without it the action is impossible.
He's got to fight, and he can't do that unless he's where the fighting is.share someone's view
I think I have to agree with you, presenting your case so convincingly, sir.participle phrase: The -ing phrase explains why he agrees, adding a reason to the main clause.
I think I have to agree with you, presenting your case so convincingly, sir.meet an expectation or standard
The major flatters Mireau by saying he has always matched his own creed.
And you've never failed to live up to it, sir.without really doing it
The Anthill. About as good a view as you can get without actually being there.as as comparison: As good a view as you can get means the best view available without going there.
The Anthill. About as good a view as you can get without actually being there.seize and carry off
Well, not something we can grab and run away with...alert and sharp — Praise for being alert; light and friendly.
Oh, yes. Quite. You're right on your toes this morning, Colonel.turn out
Tell me, Colonel, how did your relief come off last night?a group of
All swarmed together like a bunch of flies, just waiting for someone to swat 'em.Swat 'em links into swa-dem, with them reduced to 'em.
All swarmed together like a bunch of flies, just waiting for someone to swat 'em.hit and kill them — Casual contraction of them; fine in speech, not in writing.
All swarmed together like a bunch of flies, just waiting for someone to swat 'em.in trouble
They get in a tight spot under heavy fire, gang up every time.in my view
Kind of a human sort of thing, it seems to me...tell two things apart
or don't you make a distinction between the two, Major?「Broulard Visits Dax at the Front」を読み解く
What's really going on
The scene is a study in command at a distance. Broulard has come to the front but talks about war as an idea — who deserves to be a soldier, why cowards should 'put on a dress and hide under the bed,' and how men in the rear should stay out of a fight. His slogan is earnest and self-flattering: 'But if he wants to be a soldier, then, by heavens, he's got to be one.' Dax agrees with perfect courtesy, and the agreement is the joke, because Dax is the one who actually holds the line and counts the dead. The Anthill, their next objective, is described as 'pregnable,' a word the general finds funny, and their exchange over it shows how easily the language of attack floats free of the men it costs. The report of twenty-nine casualties barely interrupts the talk.
Theme
PowerBroulard, visiting from the rear, lectures about soldiering and decides who deserves to fight, while Dax merely agrees.
DutyThe talk of who belongs at the front sits beside Dax's real burden: he is the one counting the dead.
このチャプターで学べること
- Mireau praises the post and mocks the rear in one breath.
- The Anthill looks close only from a safe distance.
- His creed is simple: a soldier must be where the fighting is.
- Even a joke here carries a jab at headquarters.
発音のポイント
- vouch for that — Link vouch for into one run, with for reduced.
- he's got to — Got to weakens to gotta; the whole phrase runs together.
- swat 'em — Swat 'em links into swa-dem, with them reduced to 'em.
But if he wants to be a soldier, then, by heavens, he's got to be one.Broulard's credo: a soldier must accept the real thing, not just the title, which he says with self-satisfied certainty.
He's got to fight, and he can't do that unless he's where the fighting is.His follow-up: the only way to soldier is to be at the front, a claim that sounds noble and costs him nothing.
I can't understand these armchair officers...The general's complaint about officers who direct battles from a desk, spoken by a man who is himself visiting only briefly.
let him put on a dress and hide under the bed.His contemptuous image for a coward — dress up and hide — delivered as a joke but revealing how he ranks men.
The Anthill. About as good a view as you can get without actually being there.Dax's dry introduction of the position: the best look at the target is from here, since going there means the attack.
All swarmed together like a bunch of flies, just waiting for someone to swat 'em.Broulard's description of the troops under fire — a contemptuous image that Dax quietly turns back on him.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Broulard visit Dax's command post?
He comes to inspect the front before the coming attack, and uses the trip to restate his views about soldiering and to look at the objective, the Anthill.
What does Broulard mean by 'armchair officers'?
He means officers who direct the war from a desk far from danger. He criticizes them, though he is himself only a brief visitor to the front.
How does Dax respond to the general's speech?
With polite agreement. He says the general argues so convincingly that he must agree, and notes that he has never failed to live up to his credo.
What is the Anthill?
It is the German position the French are expected to attack. Dax shows it from a distance, calling it the best view available without actually being there.
Why does the casualty report matter?
Twenty-nine men were lost in the relief, yet the general treats the losses as stupidity and talks about the troops like swarming flies, which exposes how little the dead weigh in his thinking.
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