remove or dispose of
For getting rid of that cast.Rear Window · 1954 — 第 1 / 13 章 · 2'44" · B1
Jeff Argues with His Editor, Explained：go up in smoke
It sounds like a friendly call — "Congratulations, Jeff" — until the editor notices the cast is still on. Gunnison won't send his best photographer to Kashmir injured, so Jeff reaches for the one threat that always works on him: "I'm gonna get married."
あらすじ
Photographer L.B. Jefferies is stuck at home with a broken leg in a cast. His editor Gunnison calls to congratulate him — then realizes the cast comes off next week, not today. There's a story breaking in Kashmir, but Gunnison refuses to send Jeff while he's hurt, and offers Morgan or Lambert instead. Frustrated, Jeff threatens to get married.
注目の表現
go up in smokeget rid ofabout tohalf-killed
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このシーンの表現
go up in smoke
be ruined or erupt
On the phone the editor hints that Kashmir is about to explode.
Their whole plan can go up in smoke in one bad week.
このシーンの他の表現
- get rid of
remove or dispose of
- about to
on the verge of
- half-killed
nearly killed
- stuffy
stiff and old-fashioned
- the next time
on the next occasion
このシーンのメモ一覧
57 行のセリフに 23 件のメモ
starting on the day
Seven weeks from the day you broke your leg. Yes or no?become
Gunnison, how did you ever get to be such a big editor with such a small memory?emphatic question: Ever inside the question adds disbelief: how on earth did you manage it.
Gunnison, how did you ever get to be such a big editor with such a small memory?sympathize with
Yeah, I sure feel sorry for you, Gunnison.be hard on someone
Must be rough on you thinking of me wearing this cast for another whole week.omitted subject: Spoken English drops the subject It and starts with Must be to mock a guess.
Must be rough on you thinking of me wearing this cast for another whole week.no use doing
There's no point in even talking about it.Point, in and even run together, the t almost disappearing.
There's no point in even talking about it.on the verge of
When Jeff presses for the location, the editor says it is about to blow.
The place is about to go up in smoke.The to in about to weakens to a quick /tə/.
The place is about to go up in smoke.stiff and dull — Teasing a friend for being too proper; not for formal talk.
Oh, stop sounding stuffy.treat carelessly
You're too valuable to the magazine for us to play around with.For and to both weaken, so for us to blurs together.
You're too valuable to the magazine for us to play around with.nearly killed — An exaggerated complaint; keep it out of formal writing.
I get myself half-killed for you, and you reward me by stealing my assignments.help someone escape
Now wait a minute, Gunnison. You've got to get me out of here.only option is to
Six weeks sitting in a two-room apartment with nothing to do but look out the window at the neighbors.rescue someone from
If you don't pull me out of this swamp of boredom, I'm gonna do something drastic.conditional clause: The if-clause sets a condition, and the main clause states the threat.
If you don't pull me out of this swamp of boredom, I'm gonna do something drastic.become
It's about time you got married, before you turn into a lonesome and bitter old man.time clause: The before-clause warns what may happen if he waits any longer.
It's about time you got married, before you turn into a lonesome and bitter old man.affluent neighborhood
Well, maybe in the high-rent district they discuss.on the next occasion
As they hang up, Jeff asks his editor to bring good news next time.
Yeah, have some good news the next time, huh?「Jeff Argues with His Editor」を読み解く
What's really going on
The whole call is two professionals who know each other too well. Jeff wants back into the field; Gunnison wants to protect his star. The editor's excuse sounds practical — "You're too valuable to the magazine for us to play around with" — but to Jeff it's a sentence to more weeks of watching his neighbors through a window. So he does what a bored, proud man does: he exaggerates. His threat to get married isn't a plan, it's leverage, aimed straight at a man who has been telling him to settle down. "It's about time you got married, before you turn into a lonesome and bitter old man," Gunnison has already said, so Jeff turns the advice into a weapon. Neither of them means the fight literally; they are performing an old rivalry.
Theme
DutyGunnison protects his photographer by refusing the assignment, while Jeff insists he can still do the job.
LonelinessStuck at home, Jeff's boredom and his threat to marry point to a man afraid of settling into a dull life.
このチャプターで学べること
- A false congratulations sets the whole tone.
- Boredom here is a cage with a window.
- The marriage threat is a joke that lands.
- Power stays with whoever controls the assignment.
発音のポイント
- point in even — Point, in and even run together, the t almost disappearing.
- about to — The to in about to weakens to a quick /tə/.
- for us to — For and to both weaken, so for us to blurs together.
There's no point in even talking about it.Gunnison shuts down the Kashmir topic before Jeff can argue. It's a refusal dressed up as not worth discussing.
If you don't pull me out of this swamp of boredom, I'm gonna do something drastic.Jeff's ultimatum: give him work or he'll act out. He calls his comfortable apartment a 'swamp of boredom.'
It's about time you got married, before you turn into a lonesome and bitter old man.Gunnison uses Jeff's bachelor life against him, half-advice and half-taunt about ending up alone and sour.
Gunnison, how did you ever get to be such a big editor with such a small memory?Jeff insults his editor's memory while pretending to compliment his career, the kind of jab only an old friend can land.
このシーンについての質問
Why won't Gunnison send Jeff to Kashmir?
Jeff still has a broken leg in a cast, and Gunnison says he is too valuable to the magazine to risk. Instead he plans to send Morgan or Lambert.
Why does Jeff threaten to get married?
He is bored and wants the assignment, so he uses marriage as leverage. It isn't a real plan; it's a threat aimed at an editor who keeps telling him to settle down.
What does "go up in smoke" mean?
It means a plan or situation is about to be ruined or destroyed. Gunnison uses it about Kashmir, meaning the place is about to break into conflict.
What is wrong with Jeff's leg?
He broke it while photographing a dangerous assignment, standing in the middle of an automobile racetrack. He has worn a cast for seven weeks and gets it off next Wednesday.
What is the assignment Jeff misses?
A breaking story in Kashmir, based on a tip Gunnison got from the bureau chief. Jeff is pulled from it because of his injury, and Morgan or Lambert is sent instead.
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