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Been hearing some nice things about you.The Apartment · 1960 — 第 2 / 15 章 · 4'59" · B2
Sheldrake Grills Baxter About the Key, Explained：out of hand
Sheldrake has summoned Baxter to admit the office's open secret: a key to Baxter's apartment has been passed among executives. "You give the key to one guy, you can't say no to another," Baxter explains. Then Sheldrake offers two theater tickets, not as a gift, but as a trade.
あらすじ
At the Consolidated Life insurance office, Sheldrake calls Baxter in and, instead of a promotion, lays out what he knows: Baxter's apartment key has been circulating among the executives. Baxter tries to explain it away as favors that got out of hand. Sheldrake then offers him two theater tickets and makes clear he wants something in return.
注目の表現
pile upgo oncall inout of hand
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このシーンの表現
out of hand
out of control
Baxter explains how the key spread: one yes led to another until it was out of control.
The party got out of hand fast.
このシーンの他の表現
- pile up
accumulate
- go on
happen
- call in
summon for help
- rotten apples
bad individuals
- slip someone something
pass secretly
このシーンのメモ一覧
67 行のセリフに 28 件のメモ
work accumulates
...without overtime. - You know how it is. Things pile up.You know often weakens into a single ya-know sound.
...without overtime. - You know how it is. Things pile up.moved to another department
...would both like you transferred to their departments.why you are so sought after
Tell me, Baxter. Just what is it that makes you so popular?happen
Annoyed by Baxter's playing dumb, Sheldrake boasts he knows everything that happens in the building.
I know everything that goes on in this building every day of the year.illegal betting parlor — Old-time slang for an illegal betting room.
It turned out he was running a bookie joint...occupy, block
...tying up our switchboard, using our IBM machines to figure the odds.participle phrase: The -ing phrase adds what he was doing, not a separate sentence.
...tying up our switchboard, using our IBM machines to figure the odds.Figure the can run together in fast speech.
...tying up our switchboard, using our IBM machines to figure the odds.summon for help
Sheldrake tells how he summoned the vice squad to raid a man abusing the office.
The day before the Kentucky Derby I called in the vice squad, who raided him.circulating quietly
A key is floating around from Kirkeby to Vanderhof to Eichelberger to Dobisch.evening classes
...about a year ago, I was going to night school, studying advanced accounting.put on different clothes
He needed someplace to change into a tuxedo, so I gave him the key.the news spread
Word must've gotten out because all sorts of guys were suddenly going to banquets.Must've often reduces to a soft mus-uv.
Word must've gotten out because all sorts of guys were suddenly going to banquets.out of control
Baxter explains how the key spread: one yes led to another until it was out of control.
You give the key to one guy, you can't say no to another. It all got out of hand.conditional clause: A present-tense clause here sets up a general condition, not a past event.
You give the key to one guy, you can't say no to another. It all got out of hand.based on
Baxter, an insurance company is founded on public trust.relative clause: The who-clause defines which employees the rule targets.
Any employee who conducts himself in a manner unbecoming...founding member
How many charter members are there in this little club?starting now
Believe me. Never again. Nobody is gonna use my apartment from now on.going to — Casual speech; avoid it in formal writing.
Believe me. Never again. Nobody is gonna use my apartment from now on.endure, experience
You have no idea what I go through with the neighbors, the landlady and the key.pass secretly
Baxter describes the handoff: he slips the key to coworkers, who hide it under a mat.
I slip it to 'em in the office and they leave it under a mat. Never again. I promise.them — Spoken contraction of them; too casual for writing.
I slip it to 'em in the office and they leave it under a mat. Never again. I promise.exchange
Look, Baxter. I'm not just giving these tickets. I wanna swap them.very imaginative
It also says here that you are alert, astute and quite imaginative.「Sheldrake Grills Baxter About the Key」を読み解く
What's really going on
Sheldrake is a man who trades in leverage. He doesn't threaten Baxter or ask for the key directly; he recites the chain of names it has passed through — "A key is floating around from Kirkeby to Vanderhof to Eichelberger to Dobisch" — so that Baxter understands he is caught. Baxter's defense is that he only ever meant to do favors, which is true and useless: "You give the key to one guy, you can't say no to another." What Sheldrake wants is the key for himself, but he never says so. He offers two theater tickets and corrects Baxter's assumption that they are a gift: "I'm not just giving these tickets. I wanna swap them." The scene is a masterclass in corporate euphemism: nothing is demanded outright, everything is arranged as a fair exchange, and the underling is left to name the price himself.
Theme
PowerSheldrake never makes a threat; he just recites what he knows, and the imbalance does the rest.
CorruptionA boss turns a personal favor into company leverage, buying the key he wants with theater tickets.
このチャプターで学べること
- Sheldrake never demands; he trades, and that is the threat.
- The key stops being a favor the moment it is named.
- Four rotten apples is a tidy metaphor for a few bad employees.
- Baxter's long explanation only hands Sheldrake more leverage.
発音のポイント
- You know how — You know often weakens into a single ya-know sound.
- figure the odds — Figure the can run together in fast speech.
- must've gotten — Must've often reduces to a soft mus-uv.
Baxter, an insurance company is founded on public trust.Sheldrake wraps his leverage in corporate piety: the company runs on trust, which is his way of saying Baxter has broken it and can be squeezed.
You give the key to one guy, you can't say no to another. It all got out of hand.Baxter's excuse: one small favor became a habit he couldn't refuse, and the key scheme grew past his control.
Look, Baxter. I'm not just giving these tickets. I wanna swap them.Sheldrake reframes a demand as a trade; the tickets are bait, and swap is the polite word for naming his price.
Baxter, you're not reading me. I told you I have plans.Sheldrake means Baxter is missing the point: the plans are an excuse, and the real message is that the tickets come with a price.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Sheldrake call Baxter into his office?
Not to praise him. Sheldrake has learned that Baxter's apartment key is being passed among the executives, and he wants to use that knowledge. Baxter assumes he is being considered for a promotion.
What does Sheldrake want in exchange for the tickets?
He wants the key to Baxter's apartment. He won't say it outright; he offers the tickets, says he wants to swap them, and leaves Baxter to work out what he is expected to hand over.
Why does Baxter give the key to his coworkers in the first place?
It started as a single favor: a colleague needed a place to change into a tuxedo. Word spread, and soon other executives were asking, until he felt he couldn't say no to anyone.
What does "out of hand" mean here?
It means out of control. Baxter says the favors "got out of hand" — one request led to another until the key was circulating through half the company.
Who are the men Sheldrake names?
Dobisch, Kirkeby, Vanderhof and Eichelberger — four executives who have been borrowing the apartment. Sheldrake lists them in order to show Baxter that he knows exactly how far the key has traveled.
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第 3 章go to wasteBaxter Meets Fran at the Theatre
第 4 章kid yourselfFran Turns Sheldrake Down at the Booth
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
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