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Paths of Glory · 1957 — 第 4 / 17 章 · 2'36" · B2

Paris Accuses Roget After the Patrol, Explained：my word against yours

Back from a night patrol, Corporal Paris accuses Lieutenant Roget of killing Lejeune with a grenade and then running away. Roget answers with rank and threats — "You're speaking to an officer" — then quietly offers to rewrite the report so the death looks like an accident of war.

あらすじ

After a night patrol, Corporal Paris confronts Lieutenant Roget: Roget threw the grenade that killed Lejeune, then fled. Roget threatens Paris with charges, then offers a deal — he will falsify the report so Lejeune's death looks like a patrol accident. Colonel Dax arrives and asks for the report.

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ran like a rabbitmy word against yoursonce and for allbring charges against

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このシーンの表現

my word against yours

two accounts with no proof

Roget points out there is no proof, only two accounts, and rank will decide.

With no witnesses, it's my word against yours.

このシーンの他の表現

  • ran like a rabbit

    run away in fear

  • once and for all

    finally and completely

  • bring charges against

    accuse someone formally

  • insubordination

    refusing to obey orders

  • in the face of

    when confronted with

このシーンのメモ一覧

50 行のセリフに 24 件のメモ

表現 · B1happily surprised

pleasantly shocked

Yes, I am. Happily surprised. I thought you'd been killed.
表現 · B1wait around to do something

stay and wait

You didn't wait around to find out, did you, Lieutenant?
文法 · B1did you

question tag: The tag did you turns the statement into an accusing question, not a real check.

You didn't wait around to find out, did you, Lieutenant?
発音wait around to

Wait around to runs together, and did you weakens to didja.

You didn't wait around to find out, did you, Lieutenant?
表現 · B2run like a rabbit

run away in fear

Paris accuses Roget of bolting like a rabbit after Lejeune was killed.

I mean, you ran like a rabbit after you killed Lejeune.
発音ran like a rabbit

Ran like a links into ran-lie-ka, with rabbit stressed.

I mean, you ran like a rabbit after you killed Lejeune.
スラング · B2yellow-bellied

cowardly — Old slang for cowardly; mocking and rude.

- A sneaky, booze-guzzling, yellow-bellied rat — - Now — with a bottle for a brain and a streak of spit where his spine ought to be.
スラング · B2booze-guzzling

drinking heavily — A mocking compound for heavy drinking; cutting.

- A sneaky, booze-guzzling, yellow-bellied rat — - Now — with a bottle for a brain and a streak of spit where his spine ought to be.
表現 · B2get oneself into something

land oneself in trouble

- That's enough, Corporal! - You've got yourself into a mess, Lieutenant.
表現 · B2a superior officer

an officer of higher rank

First, general insubordination. Second, threatening your superior officer.
表現 · B1obey an order

follow a command

Third, refusing to obey an order and inciting others to do the same.
表現 · B2on paper

in written form

Now, how do you think those charges are gonna look on paper?
文法 · B2how do you think those charges are gonna look

embedded question: The question word leads, and the embedded clause keeps normal word order.

Now, how do you think those charges are gonna look on paper?
表現 · C1bring charges against someone

accuse someone formally

Roget asks whether Paris has ever tried to charge an officer, warning him it never works.

Philippe, have you ever tried to bring charges against an officer?
発音gonna believe

Gonna is the weak form of going to; believe carries the stress.

And whose word do you think they're gonna believe?
表現 · A2so far

up to now

So far, all I have written in this report...
表現 · B2become separated

get split up

after becoming separated during the skirmish.
表現 · B2once and for all

finally and completely

Roget offers to rewrite the report so the matter is closed once and for all.

- That'll end the matter once and for all. - You killed Lejeune. You know that, don't you?
文法 · B1You threw that grenade and killed him

compound predicate: Two past-tense verbs share one subject, and their order follows the action.

- I'm sorry. It was an accident. - You threw that grenade and killed him.
表現 · B2give anything in the world

want something undone at any cost

I'd give anything in the world if it hadn't have happened, and that's the truth.
表現 · B1what kind of a X

what sort of person

Honestly, I know you don't like me, but what kind of a man do you think I am?
スラング · B2a thing or two

some useful facts — Informal for a bit of useful knowledge.

Well, I think we found out a thing or two.
スラング · B1let's have it

hand it over — Casual demand to hand something over.

- Well, let's have it. - Oh, it isn't quite finished yet, sir.
表現 · B2get someone killed

cause someone's death

He coughed. Almost got us all killed.

「Paris Accuses Roget After the Patrol」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene is a class war inside an army. Paris has the truth and none of the power; Roget has the rank and knows exactly how the system works. That is why he can say, "It's my word against yours," and mean it as a threat rather than a plea — a corporal's accusation against an officer will not survive paperwork. What makes Roget chilling is the way he moves from bullying to bargaining without a pause: first the list of charges, then the offer to rewrite the report so the killing disappears 'once and for all.' Paris refuses to be managed, insisting a man, not an officer, would not have done it. Then Colonel Dax walks in, and everything unsaid suddenly has to become a document.

Theme

PowerRoget uses rank and the machinery of military justice to silence a corporal who saw what he did.
LiesThe offer to rewrite the report so Lejeune's death looks accidental is a lie meant to bury the truth.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Rank decides whose story wins when there is no proof.
  • Calling a man a rabbit is a soldier's worst insult.
  • A rewritten report can bury a death and a coward.
  • Dax's quiet questions are a refusal to be fooled.

発音のポイント

  • wait around to — Wait around to runs together, and did you weakens to didja.
  • ran like a rabbit — Ran like a links into ran-lie-ka, with rabbit stressed.
  • gonna believe — Gonna is the weak form of going to; believe carries the stress.
I mean, you ran like a rabbit after you killed Lejeune.

Paris's accusation, plain and unsparing: Roget killed Lejeune and then bolted, and Paris will not pretend otherwise.

It's my word against yours, you know.

Roget's threat: with no witnesses, the dispute comes down to whose account is believed, and rank decides that.

And whose word do you think they're gonna believe?

Roget spelling out the imbalance of power: whatever Paris says, the army will side with the officer.

Honestly, I know you don't like me, but what kind of a man do you think I am?

Roget trying to become a person instead of a rank, looking for sympathy after failing to intimidate Paris.

Should feel very proud of yourself. Go get some sleep.

Dax dismissing Roget with irony, praising him in front of the men while refusing to hear more.

You're speaking to an officer. Remember that.

Roget checking Paris's tone and pulling rank, using the uniform as a shield the moment he is accused.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Paris accuse Roget?

He believes Roget threw the grenade that killed Lejeune on patrol, then ran back to the trench instead of staying or reporting it honestly.

Why does Roget threaten Paris with charges?

To make the accusation costly. He lists insubordination, threatening an officer, and refusing orders, and points out how they would look in writing.

What deal does Roget offer Paris?

He offers to change the report so that Lejeune was killed and Paris was separated, which would end the matter and let everyone go on.

What does "my word against yours" mean?

It means the truth comes down to two conflicting accounts, with no way to prove which is right. Here it is also a threat, because rank decides who is believed.

What does Colonel Dax want at the end?

He asks for the patrol report. Roget stalls, saying it is not quite finished, and Dax orders him to bring it to his dugout immediately.

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