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The Apartment · 1960 — 第 5 / 15 章 · 3'40" · B2

The Bosses Welcome Baxter to His Office, Explained：all that jazz

Baxter's promotion comes with a visit from the same executives who used his apartment. They congratulate him and then attack: "We went to bat for you. Now you won't play ball with us." The favor was never a gift — it was leverage, and now they want it back.

あらすじ

C.C. Baxter has been promoted into a private office with his name on the door. The executives who used his apartment drop by, congratulate him, then complain that he has stopped lending it. Sheldrake arrives, credits them for the recommendation, and soon asks for a second key to Baxter's apartment.

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all that jazzwhat countsplay ball withbreak you

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このシーンの表現

all that jazz

and so on

An old colleague congratulates Baxter, then waves the rest away with all that jazz.

We talked about work and all that jazz.

このシーンの他の表現

  • what counts

    what matters

  • play ball with

    cooperate with

  • break you

    destroy you

  • get a raise

    get a pay increase

  • for laughs

    just for fun

このシーンのメモ一覧

52 行のセリフに 30 件のメモ

表現 · A2would you mind

do you mind

Would you mind? C.C. Baxter... that's me.
表現 · B2and all that jazz

and so on

An old colleague congratulates Baxter, then waves the rest away with all that jazz.

Hi, Buddy-boy. Congratulations and all that jazz.
発音and all that

And all links into a single an-all sound.

Hi, Buddy-boy. Congratulations and all that jazz.
スラング · B2Buddy-boy

old buddy — Affectionate, teasing address for a friend.

Hi, Buddy-boy. Congratulations and all that jazz.
表現 · B1just like we promised

exactly as promised

- Hi, fellas. - Well, you made it, just like we promised.
表現 · B1what counts

what matters

A boss wraps his pressure in a teamwork slogan about what really counts here.

Teamwork: That's what counts in this organization. All for one and one for all.
文法 · B2what counts in this organization

noun clause: The what-clause works as the predicate, naming what really matters.

Teamwork: That's what counts in this organization. All for one and one for all.
表現 · B1be disappointed in someone

let down by

Baxter, we're a little disappointed in you, gratitudewise.
表現 · B2what with X

because of

Well, it's been sort of rough the past few weeks, what with my cold and... like that.
発音what with my cold

The t in what often drops before with.

Well, it's been sort of rough the past few weeks, what with my cold and... like that.
表現 · B2go to bat for someone

stand up for someone

We went to bat for you. Now you won't play ball with us.
表現 · B1private property

personal property

After all, it's my apartment. It's private property, not a public playground.
表現 · B1get yourself something

found yourself a girl

So you got yourself a girl. That's OK with us. But not every night in the week!
スラング · A2that sort of thing

that kind of thing — Vague everyday phrase for a category of things.

I'm too old for that sort of thing... I mean in a Volkswagen.
表現 · B2make or break someone

can build or destroy you

Listen, Baxter. We made you and we can break you.
表現 · B1drop in

visit anytime

So long, fellas. Drop in any time. The door is always open... to my office.
スラング · A2So long

goodbye — Casual goodbye; fine among friends.

So long, fellas. Drop in any time. The door is always open... to my office.
表現 · B1handle something

dealt with it

I like the way you handled that, Baxter.
表現 · B2justify someone's confidence

prove worthy of trust

- I'll work hard to justify your confidence. - I'm sure you will.
表現 · B1afford something

pay for

About the apartment. Now that you've got a raise, can't we afford a second key?
文法 · B2Now that you've got a raise

adverbial clause: Now that introduces the reason, meaning since you now have a raise.

About the apartment. Now that you've got a raise, can't we afford a second key?
発音can't we afford

Can't we often runs together into can-we.

About the apartment. Now that you've got a raise, can't we afford a second key?
表現 · B2a bit of a busybody

a nosy sort

I just meant that she's kind of a busybody, and passing that key back and forth...
文法 · B1that she's kind of a busybody

noun clause: The that-clause is the object of meant, spelling out what he means.

I just meant that she's kind of a busybody, and passing that key back and forth...
表現 · A2broken when I found it

already broken

The mirror is broken. It was broken when I found it.
表現 · B1give someone a bad time

make things hard for someone

You know how it is. They always give you a bad time.
表現 · B1for laughs

just for fun

Sheldrake excuses himself: seeing a girl is just for fun, yet people assume divorce.

You see a girl every week for laughs and they think you're gonna divorce your wife.
表現 · B2all the X you want

as many as you like

You know, Baxter, I envy you. A bachelor, all the dames you want, no complications.
スラング · B2dames

women — Dated slang for women; avoid it today.

You know, Baxter, I envy you. A bachelor, all the dames you want, no complications.
表現 · B1put someone down for something

book me for

- Put me down for Thursday again. - Roger.

「The Bosses Welcome Baxter to His Office」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene makes the office bargain explicit. Baxter's promotion looks like reward, but the men who arranged it treat it as payment due: "We made you and we can break you." Their congratulation and their threat are the same sentence, and Baxter, who wanted respect, still can't say no. Sheldrake then shows the pattern the whole film runs on. He praises Baxter for handling the executives, but the first thing he raises is the apartment — "can't we afford a second key?" — and he frames his own affair as bad luck: "You see a girl every week for laughs and they think you're gonna divorce your wife." The broken mirror he returns belongs to Fran, and he mentions it without a hint that she matters. Baxter's office has a rug; it also has a leash.

Theme

PowerThe promotion is leverage, not a gift: the executives remind Baxter they can undo him.
CorruptionAdvancement depends on private favors and secrecy, not merit.

このチャプターで学べること

  • The bosses claim credit and threaten in the same breath.
  • Sheldrake's calm line about the mirror hides a warning.
  • A second key is the real reason for the friendly visit.
  • Envy of the bachelor life sounds almost like a threat.

発音のポイント

  • and all that — And all links into a single an-all sound.
  • what with my cold — The t in what often drops before with.
  • can't we afford — Can't we often runs together into can-we.
Baxter, we're a little disappointed in you, gratitudewise.

The executives dress down Baxter for not being grateful enough. The made-up word gratitudewise makes the complaint sound both polite and absurd.

We went to bat for you. Now you won't play ball with us.

They frame the apartment as a favor he owes them for. The baseball metaphors turn a private arrangement into a team debt he must repay.

Listen, Baxter. We made you and we can break you.

The executives spell out the deal: his promotion exists because of them, and they can take it away. It's the threat under the congratulations.

You see a girl every week for laughs and they think you're gonna divorce your wife.

Sheldrake's complaint about women taking affairs too seriously. He says it to Baxter as sympathy, but it also reveals how casually he treats Fran.

このシーンについての質問

Why do the executives visit Baxter's new office?

They want him to keep lending them the apartment. The visit is framed as congratulations, but the real purpose is to remind him who arranged his promotion and to pressure him into saying yes again.

Who actually got Baxter promoted?

Sheldrake tells him, "Your friends here recommended you." The executives used their influence on his behalf, which is exactly why they feel entitled to keep using his apartment afterward.

Why does Sheldrake want a second key?

He wants convenient access without passing a single key back and forth through the office, especially with a secretary he calls a busybody. It keeps his affair with Fran hidden and his visits frictionless.

Whose broken mirror does Sheldrake return?

It's Fran's. She threw it at him, though Sheldrake tells Baxter only that "she threw it at me" and jokes that women always give men a bad time. Baxter has no idea yet that the girl is Fran.

What does "gratitudewise" mean?

It's a joke word meaning "in terms of gratitude." The executive is saying Baxter isn't grateful enough, but the clumsy coinage makes the demand sound like office double-talk.

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第 1 章throw a monkey wrenchBaxter Swaps His Apartment Nights第 2 章out of handSheldrake Grills Baxter About the Key第 3 章go to wasteBaxter Meets Fran at the Theatre第 4 章kid yourselfFran Turns Sheldrake Down at the Booth再生中 · 第 5 章all that jazzThe Bosses Welcome Baxter to His Office第 6 章stood me upBaxter Asks Fran Out at the Party第 7 章ancient historySheldrake Leaves Fran on Christmas Eve第 8 章might as wellBaxter Picks Up Mrs. MacDougall第 9 章out of the woodsDreyfuss Saves Fran and Scolds Baxter第 10 章touch and goBaxter Calls Sheldrake About Fran第 11 章good-time CharlieFran Rehearses the Cover Story第 12 章from the word goFran Tells Baxter Her Life Story第 13 章can't say noBaxter Saves Fran From a Gas Leak第 14 章had it comingBaxter's Dinner for Two Is Interrupted第 15 章take someone off your handsSheldrake Takes Fran off Baxter's Hands
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