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The Apartment · 1960 — 第 9 / 15 章 · 4'37" · B2

Dreyfuss Saves Fran and Scolds Baxter, Explained：out of the woods

Baxter's neighbor turns out to be the doctor who saves Fran after her overdose. He keeps her walking and talking all night, then rounds on Baxter: "But as your neighbor, I'd like to kick you around the block." The medical emergency is over; the moral one is just starting.

あらすじ

After the office party, Baxter comes home to find Fran unconscious from an overdose. He fetches his neighbor, Dr. Dreyfuss, who forces coffee into her and marches her around the room to keep her awake. Sheldrake appears and offers only polite small talk, while Dreyfuss stays until she's out of danger — then turns his anger on Baxter.

At the doctorAccusationsWarningConfrontingNeighborsB2slowamericanClean
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sleeping pillsconcentratein timekeep someone awake

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このシーンの表現

out of the woods

past the danger

Before leaving, the doctor warns Baxter that the danger is not over yet.

The company is still not out of the woods after the scandal.

このシーンの他の表現

  • sleeping pills

    pills that help you sleep

  • concentrate

    focus your attention

  • in time

    before it is too late

  • keep someone awake

    stop someone from sleeping

  • Live now, pay later

    enjoy now, owe later

このシーンのメモ一覧

71 行のセリフに 24 件のメモ

表現 · A2what someone is saying

the words I speak

Do you understand what I'm saying?
表現 · A2know where someone is

your location

Do you know where you are?
表現 · B1keep something quiet

not let people know

We work in the same building. We try to keep it quiet.
文法 · B1Don't you remember

negative question: A negative question presses the listener to recall or admit something.

Don't you remember we were together at the office party?
表現 · B1get somewhere in time

before it is too late

After reviving Fran, the doctor reassures Baxter and quietly takes credit.

The main thing is I got here in time and you're gonna be all right. Isn't she, Doc?
発音you're gonna

You're weakens and gonna runs together as one word.

The main thing is I got here in time and you're gonna be all right. Isn't she, Doc?
スラング · A2gonna

going to — Everyday speech; keep it out of formal writing.

The main thing is I got here in time and you're gonna be all right. Isn't she, Doc?
表現 · B1keep someone awake

stop someone from sleeping

The doctor has Baxter and Miss Olsen walk Fran around so she does not sleep.

We've got to keep her awake for the next few hours. Now come on, Fran, walk!
文法 · B1We've got to

have got to: Have got to means must; here it sounds urgent and spoken.

We've got to keep her awake for the next few hours. Now come on, Fran, walk!
発音got to

In fast speech got to can blur into gotta.

We've got to keep her awake for the next few hours. Now come on, Fran, walk!
表現 · B1have a hangover

be hung over

Of course, she'll have a dandy hangover when she wakes up.
表現 · B1as long as ...

provided that

Just as long as she's OK.
スラング · B1oughta

ought to — Casual spoken form; avoid it in formal contexts.

These cases are harder on the doctor than the patient. I oughta charge by the mile.
スラング · A2Doc

doctor (informal) — Friendly shorthand for a doctor; too casual for formal speech.

Why do you wanna know, Doc?
表現 · A2have too much to drink

be drunk

But it was an accident. She had too much to drink, didn't know what she was doing.
表現 · A2have a family

have people depending on you

She's got a family, and there's the people at the office.
文法 · B1I'd like to

would like to: Would like to is a polite wish, used here against an angry threat.

But as your neighbor, I'd like to kick you around the block.
スラング · B2mensch

a decent, upright person — An affectionate Yiddish loanword, common in Jewish-American speech.

Why don't you grow up, Baxter? Be a mensch.
表現 · A2what something means

the meaning of it

- You know what that means? - I'm not sure.
表現 · B2get off easy

escape without real punishment

So you got off easy this time. So you were lucky.
表現 · B2be out of the woods

past the danger

Before leaving, the doctor warns Baxter that the danger is not over yet.

But you're not out of the woods yet, because most of 'em try it again.
発音out of

Out of often links into a sound like outta.

But you're not out of the woods yet, because most of 'em try it again.
スラング · A2'em

them — Very casual speech; it looks rough in writing.

But you're not out of the woods yet, because most of 'em try it again.
表現 · A2if you need someone

call on me when necessary

Well, you know where I am if you need me.

「Dreyfuss Saves Fran and Scolds Baxter」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene works because Dreyfuss does the job everyone else avoids. He is the only one who says plainly what happened — "you took too many sleeping pills" — and the only one who keeps treating Fran as a person rather than a problem. Sheldrake, by contrast, hides behind manners: "We work in the same building. We try to keep it quiet." Dreyfuss mocks that instantly with "Mr? Miss? Such politeness!" The real accusation lands later, aimed at Baxter: the borrowed apartment, the married boss, the girl left to clean up the mess. "Live now, pay later," Dreyfuss says, then the line that names the whole film: "Why don't you grow up, Baxter? Be a mensch." It isn't cruelty; it's a neighbor forcing him to see the cost of being liked by powerful men.

Theme

DutyDreyfuss treats the overdose as a responsibility, not an inconvenience.
Coming of ageHe tells Baxter to grow up and become a mensch, the film's central challenge.

このチャプターで学べること

  • The doctor saves Fran and scolds Baxter in the same night.
  • One Yiddish word, mensch, carries the whole scolding.
  • Out of the woods warns that recovery can still slip back.
  • The credit-card slogan turns into an accusation.

発音のポイント

  • you're gonna — You're weakens and gonna runs together as one word.
  • got to — In fast speech got to can blur into gotta.
  • out of — Out of often links into a sound like outta.
These cases are harder on the doctor than the patient. I oughta charge by the mile.

Dreyfuss's tired joke after hours of keeping Fran awake. It lightens the scene while admitting how much the rescue cost him.

But as your neighbor, I'd like to kick you around the block.

Dreyfuss splits his two roles: as a doctor he can't prove it wasn't an accident, but as a neighbor he's furious at Baxter. The threat is comic and entirely serious.

Why don't you grow up, Baxter? Be a mensch.

Dreyfuss's blunt verdict on Baxter. A mensch is a decent, responsible person; the line tells him the apartment scheme is childish and morally empty.

But you're not out of the woods yet, because most of 'em try it again.

The warning that the crisis isn't fully over. Dreyfuss means people who attempt suicide often do it again, so Baxter shouldn't treat tonight as a closed case.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Dr. Dreyfuss refuse not to report the overdose?

It's Baxter who begs him to skip the report, arguing it was an accident and there was no suicide note. Dreyfuss refuses because reporting is "regulations" — and because he wants Baxter to face what happened.

What does "mensch" mean?

It's a Yiddish word for a person of integrity, someone decent and responsible. When Dreyfuss says "Be a mensch," he's telling Baxter to stop being a helpful doormat and act like a grown man.

Why is Dreyfuss so angry at Baxter rather than Sheldrake?

Baxter is his neighbor and the one he can reach. He also knows Baxter enables the affair by lending the apartment, so he treats him as an accomplice who should know better, not just a bystander.

Is Fran's overdose an accident or a suicide attempt?

The film keeps it ambiguous on purpose. Baxter insists she "had too much to drink" and there's "no suicide note," but Dreyfuss's warning that most of them try it again suggests he reads it as a real attempt.

Why does Baxter ask Dreyfuss to come as a neighbor?

He wants to keep the overdose off the books. Baxter argues it was an accident and there was no suicide note, then asks Dreyfuss to forget he is a doctor and say he was only visiting as a neighbor.

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