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The Godfather · 1972 — 第 1 / 9 章 · 4'14" · B2

Bonasera Asks for Justice, Explained：in my debt

A father shows up on a daughter's wedding day because the court let two boys walk free. He wants them dead. What he gets is a lecture: he had courts of law and never wanted this friendship. "You don't even think to call me Godfather" turns justice into a bond, not a fee.

あらすじ

On a daughter's wedding day, a man tells Don Corleone that the court suspended the sentence and two boys went free. He wants them dead and is refused. He is told he never offered friendship, and that his daughter is still alive. The word Godfather is spoken. A future service is left open, and the justice is given as a wedding gift.

Asking for helpPersuasionAskingSaying noB2americanClean
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注目の表現

in my debtcourts of lawthis very dayget into trouble

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このシーンの表現

in my debt

owing someone a favor

教父点破对方这些年刻意保持距离，其实是怕欠下人情，将来不得不还。

After the rescue, the whole village was in his debt.

このシーンの他の表現

  • courts of law

    the legal courts as an institution

  • this very day

    on this exact day

  • get into trouble

    to become involved in a difficult or dangerous situation

このシーンのメモ一覧

43 行のセリフに 37 件のメモ

表現 · B1go to the policeI went to the police, like a good American.
表現 · B2suspend the sentenceThe judge sentenced them to three years in prison, but suspended the sentence.
文法 · B2sentenced them to three years

sentence someone to a term

The judge sentenced them to three years in prison, but suspended the sentence.
表現 · B1go freeSuspended the sentence! They went free that very day!
表現 · B1like a foolI stood in the courtroom like a fool.
表現 · A2smile at someoneThose two bastards, they smiled at me.
スラング · B2bastardsThose two bastards, they smiled at me.
表現 · B1want someone deadI want them dead.
発音want them dead

liaison

I want them dead.
表現 · B1anything you askI'll give you anything you ask.
表現 · A2ask for helpI've known you many years, but this is the first time you've asked for help.
文法 · B2the first time you've asked

present perfect after the first time

I've known you many years, but this is the first time you've asked for help.
表現 · A2a cup of coffeeI can't remember the last time you invited me for a cup of coffee.
表現 · B1be frankBut let's be frank here. You never wanted my friendship.
表現 · B2be in someone's debt

owing someone a favor

And you were afraid to be in my debt.
文法 · B2afraid to be in my debt

afraid plus infinitive

And you were afraid to be in my debt.
表現 · B1get into trouble

to become involved in a difficult or dangerous situation

I didn't want to get into trouble.
発音get into trouble

flap

I didn't want to get into trouble.
表現 · B2make a good livingYou made a good living, had police protection and there were courts of law.
表現 · B2courts of law

the legal courts as an institution

You made a good living, had police protection and there were courts of law.
表現 · B1a friend like someoneYou didn't need a friend like me.
表現 · B2give someone justiceBut now you come to me and say, "Don Corleone, give me justice. "
表現 · B2ask with respectBut you don't ask with respect.
表現 · B2offer friendshipYou don't offer friendship. You don't even think to call me Godfather.
表現 · B2not even think to do somethingYou don't offer friendship. You don't even think to call me Godfather.
表現 · B2murder for moneyYou come on my daughter's wedding day and ask me to murder for money.
表現 · B2let someone sufferLet them suffer, then, as she suffers.
発音Let them suffer

liaison

Let them suffer, then, as she suffers.
表現 · B2come in friendshipIf you'd come in friendship, the scum that ruined your daughter would be suffering this very day.
表現 · B2this very day

on this exact day

If you'd come in friendship, the scum that ruined your daughter would be suffering this very day.
文法 · B2If you'd come in friendship

unreal conditional

If you'd come in friendship, the scum that ruined your daughter would be suffering this very day.
表現 · B1make enemiesAnd if an honest man like you should make enemies, they'd be my enemies.
表現 · B1an X like youAnd if an honest man like you should make enemies, they'd be my enemies.
表現 · A2be my friendBe my friend?
表現 · B2ask a service of someoneSome day, and that day may never come, I'll ask a service of you.
表現 · B2may never comeSome day, and that day may never come, I'll ask a service of you.
表現 · A2as a giftaccept this justice as a gift on my daughter's wedding day.

「Bonasera Asks for Justice」を読み解く

What's really going on

A suspended sentence, two boys free the same day, and a smile in the courtroom: that is the story. "I want them dead" gets a flat answer, "That I cannot do." The speech that follows prices the years of distance. No cup of coffee, a godmother to the only child, paradise in America, police protection, courts of law, and a fear of being in debt. "Give me justice" therefore sounds like an order without respect. He will not offer friendship, and he will not say Godfather. On a daughter's wedding day he is asking for murder for money. "That is not justice. Your daughter is alive." Suffering can be matched to hers. A paid killing will not be. Once friendship is offered and Godfather is spoken, a service is left for someday, and it may never come. Until then, the justice is a gift.

Theme

JusticeA suspended sentence is called no justice, but killing for money is refused because the daughter is alive.
FriendshipYears without coffee or friendship are the real charge, and the favor starts only after friendship is offered.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Loyalty is the order of who you ask
  • Respect is the ticket into the room
  • A gift of justice still opens a debt
  • A polite refusal can name one act only

発音のポイント

  • want them dead — liaison
  • get into trouble — flap
  • Let them suffer — liaison
Some day, and that day may never come, I'll ask a service of you.

The favor is granted now, but the return is unnamed. A service might be asked later, and it might never be asked at all.

That is not justice. Your daughter is alive.

Death for the two is refused. She survived, so the harm to be answered is her suffering, not a killing bought on a wedding day.

But let's be frank here. You never wanted my friendship.

Spoken after years without a cup of coffee. The charge is plain: this friendship was never wanted, so the request has nothing to stand on.

Why did you go to the police? Why didn't you come to me first?

The insult is the order of the doors. The police and the court came before this one, and that choice is what the question punishes.

このシーンについての質問

Why is the plea for death refused?

The reply calls it no justice, because the daughter is alive. The same speech also refuses to murder for money on a daughter's wedding day. What stays open is suffering matched to hers, not death.

Why does going to the police first matter?

The question is why the police were tried before this door. A good living, police protection, and courts of law are given as the reason this friendship was never wanted, and why the debt was feared.

Is this a request for justice or for revenge?

He uses the word justice, then says he wants them dead, then asks how much to pay. The answer splits the two: her suffering can be answered, but a paid killing is not justice.

What is promised at the end of the scene?

Justice will be given as a gift on a daughter's wedding day. A service may be asked someday, and that day may never come. The condition named in the room is friendship, not a fee.

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