Rear Window · 1954 — 第 9 / 13 章 · 5'03" · B2

Jeff Spots the Missing Handbag, Explained:live out of something

Watching Thorwald pack, Lisa notices his wife's alligator handbag left behind — and Jeff builds a case from it. "That couldn't have been Mrs. Thorwald, or I don't know women." Between clues, the two of them trade barbs and end up planning to spend the night together.

あらすじ

From his window, Jeff watches Thorwald pack up to leave for good. Lisa notices that Mrs. Thorwald's favorite alligator handbag has been left behind, jewelry inside. Jeff argues that a woman going anywhere but the hospital would take her makeup and jewelry — so the wife never left on a trip. Later Lisa decides to stay the night.

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pull outget at somethingtangled upa pat answer

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このシーンの表現

live out of something

get by with something

Lisa teases Jeff with his own words about having to live out of a single suitcase.

He lived out of a backpack for a whole year.

このシーンの他の表現

  • pull out

    leave for good

  • get at something

    reach it

  • tangled up

    twisted together

  • a pat answer

    a ready-made answer

  • be hard on someone

    treat someone harshly

このシーンのメモ一覧

86 行のセリフに 29 件のメモ

発音What'd you

What'd you often blurs into wacha in fast speech.

What'd you do to your hair?
表現 · B1for good

permanently

He's getting ready to pull out for good. Look at him.
表現 · A2get ready to do something

about to do

He's getting ready to pull out for good. Look at him.
表現 · B1lay out something

spread out for display

He's been laying out all his things on one of the beds.
表現 · B1make a long-distance call

call far away

He took it out, went to the telephone and made a long-distance call.
表現 · B1ask someone's advice

seek someone's opinion

Asked somebody's advice over the telephone.
表現 · A1be back

return later

He'll be back. His things are still there.
表現 · A2turn something on

switch on

Okay, you can turn it on now. He must have gone someplace to the right.
表現 · A2hear from someone

get news from

Did you hear from him again, since he left?
表現 · B1be still at it

still working on it

He must be still at it.
スラング · A2Mmm

hmm — A soft hum for thinking or stalling in casual talk.

Mmm.
文法 · B2where she can get at it easily

nonrestrictive relative clause: The where-clause explains why a bedpost is a convenient spot.

A woman has a favorite handbag and it always hangs on her bedpost, where she can get at it easily.
表現 · B1all of a sudden

suddenly

And then, all of a sudden, she goes away on a trip and leaves it behind. Why?
表現 · B1leave something behind

go off without it

And then, all of a sudden, she goes away on a trip and leaves it behind. Why?
文法 · B1only her husband would know

only-fronted emphasis: Only before the subject stresses that nobody else could know this.

Yes, but only her husband would know that.
表現 · B1get tangled up

twisted together

Lisa insists no woman would let her jewelry get scratched and tangled up in a purse.

Women don't keep their jewelry in a purse getting all twisted and scratched and tangled up.
文法 · B2getting all twisted and scratched and tangled up

participial phrase: The -ing phrase describes the jewelry, adding how it ends up inside a purse.

Women don't keep their jewelry in a purse getting all twisted and scratched and tangled up.
表現 · B1anywhere but a place

everywhere except

Why, a woman going anywhere but the hospital would always take makeup, perfume and jewelry.
スラング · B2inside stuff

private things — Casual and a bit cheeky; not for formal talk.

Put that over there. That's inside stuff, huh?
スラング · A2sweetie

darling — A term of endearment; too familiar for coworkers.

Well, I'm with you, sweetie. I'm with you.
表現 · B1a pat answer

a ready-made answer

Doyle is absent, but Lisa can predict the ready-made reply he would give.

Tom Doyle has a pat answer for that, though.
発音saw a

Link saw and a into a single sound.

We'll agree they saw a woman, but she was not Mrs. Thorwald.
表現 · B2clear something with someone

get approval from

Well, you'll have to clear that with my landlord.
文法 · A2If you say anything else

conditional clause: The if-clause sets the condition for her playful threat.

If you say anything else, I'll stay tomorrow night, too.
表現 · B1live out of something

get by with something

Lisa teases Jeff with his own words about having to live out of a single suitcase.

You said I'll have to live out of one suitcase.
発音out of

Out of links into outta in casual speech.

You said I'll have to live out of one suitcase.
表現 · A2in a hurry

rushed

Looks like you packed in a hurry.
発音packed in a

Packed in a runs together and in a is barely stressed.

Looks like you packed in a hurry.
表現 · B2feminine intuition

a woman's hunch

My feminine intuition for a bed for the night.

「Jeff Spots the Missing Handbag」を読み解く

What's really going on

The handbag is the whole scene in miniature. To Jeff it is proof: "Women don't keep their jewelry in a purse getting all twisted and scratched and tangled up." A favorite bag that goes everywhere stays behind only if the woman never knew she was going anywhere — and only her husband would know that. Lisa supplies the observation, Jeff turns it into a theory, and together they build the case against Thorwald. But the scene is also a courtship running on the same energy: the sharper Jeff's detective work gets, the more Lisa wants in. When she offers to trade her 'feminine intuition for a bed for the night,' the line is both flirtation and a promise to stay. Real danger sits just across the courtyard, and the film lets romance and suspense share the same window.

Theme

RomanceThe clue-hunting doubles as flirting: Lisa joins the case, then trades her 'feminine intuition' for a night together.
SecretsA favorite handbag left behind exposes what Thorwald is hiding: his wife never left on a trip.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Lisa reads a handbag the way a detective reads a room.
  • The clue works because the wife left what she loved.
  • Jeff and Lisa argue best when they agree.
  • An overnight case says more about a resolve than a speech.

発音のポイント

  • What'd you — What'd you often blurs into wacha in fast speech.
  • saw a — Link saw and a into a single sound.
  • out of — Out of links into outta in casual speech.
  • packed in a — Packed in a runs together and in a is barely stressed.
That couldn't have been Mrs. Thorwald, or I don't know women.

Jeff's confident claim that the woman witnesses saw was not Thorwald's wife — he trusts his read on women enough to stake the theory on it.

I'd like to see your friend's face when we tell him.

Lisa looks forward to proving Detective Doyle wrong, mixing the case with a little personal satisfaction.

My feminine intuition for a bed for the night.

Her playful bargain — she offers the insight that cracked the case in exchange for staying with Jeff overnight.

Where does a man get inspiration to write a song like that?

A light aside about the songwriter neighbor, shifting the mood from detection back to ordinary courtyard life.

このシーンについての質問

What is the handbag clue?

Mrs. Thorwald's favorite alligator handbag — the one she always kept on her bedpost — is left behind, with her jewelry inside. Jeff says a woman would never leave those unless she never knew she was going away.

Why is Jeff sure the woman leaving was not Mrs. Thorwald?

Because the handbag and jewelry Mrs. Thorwald always kept close were left behind. Jeff argues no woman leaves those unless she never knew she was going anywhere, and only her husband would know that.

Why does Lisa decide to stay the night?

She gets drawn into the investigation and offers to trade her 'feminine intuition' for a bed for the night. She also has the whole weekend off.

What does 'live out of a suitcase' mean?

It means to live with only the belongings you can carry, always traveling. Jeff used it earlier to describe his life as a photographer, and Lisa throws it back at him.

Who is Doyle?

Thomas Doyle, Jeff's friend and a police detective. Jeff calls him about the Thorwald case, but Doyle is skeptical and later dismisses the theory.

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