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The Godfather · 1972 — 第 3 / 9 章 · 4'23" · B2

Vito Refuses Sollozzo's Deal, Explained：in your pocket

A Turk with poppy fields wants a million in cash and the politicians kept "in your pocket, like nickels and dimes." The family hears the money first. The answer is still no: gambling can pass as "a harmless vice," but "drugs is a dirty business."

あらすじ

Tom brings the Sollozzo notes. Sollozzo, the Turk, has poppy fields in Turkey, heroin plants in Sicily, and the Tattaglia family behind a narcotics deal. Santino sees money in the powder. Tom warns that other families will take the trade if they stay out. Sollozzo then asks for a million in cash and politicians carried like nickels and dimes. The answer he gets is a final no.

NegotiationMeetingsSaying noPersuadingB2americanClean
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注目の表現

a piece of the actionin your pocketmake any differencea dirty business

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このシーンの表現

in your pocket

completely under someone's control

索洛佐说，他要的是柯里昂家随手就能调用的那些政客，像从口袋里掏零钱一样方便。

The inspector was clearly in the developer's pocket.

このシーンの他の表現

  • a piece of the action

    a share of the profit or activity

  • make any difference

    to matter at all

  • a dirty business

    an activity that is dishonest or morally dirty

このシーンのメモ一覧

47 行のセリフに 38 件のメモ

表現 · A2too tired-You're not too tired, are you, Tom? -No, I slept on the plane.
表現 · B1be known as someoneSollozzo is known as The Turk.
発音known as

liaison

Sollozzo is known as The Turk.
表現 · B1be supposed to beHe's supposed to be very good with a knife, but only in matters of business with reasonable complaint.
表現 · B2in matters of somethingHe's supposed to be very good with a knife, but only in matters of business with reasonable complaint.
文法 · B1supposed to be

be supposed to

He's supposed to be very good with a knife, but only in matters of business with reasonable complaint.
表現 · B2a piece of the action

a share of the profit or activity

He'll give a piece of the action. I don't know how much.
発音piece of the

liaison

He'll give a piece of the action. I don't know how much.
表現 · B1be behind someoneThe Tattaglia family is behind him here. They have to be in it for something.
表現 · B2be in it for somethingThe Tattaglia family is behind him here. They have to be in it for something.
表現 · B1prison record-What about his prison record? -One term in Italy, one here.
スラング · B2white powder-Santino, what do you think? -A lot of money in that white powder.
表現 · B1get into somethingIf we don't get into it, somebody else will, maybe the five families.
文法 · B1If we don't get into it

conditional clause

If we don't get into it, somebody else will, maybe the five families.
表現 · B1political powerWith that money they can buy more police and political power.
表現 · B2come after someoneThen they come after us.
発音come after us

liaison

Then they come after us.
表現 · A2in cashI need a million dollars in cash.
表現 · B2in one's pocket

completely under someone's control

I need those politicians that you carry in your pocket, like nickels and dimes.
文法 · B2politicians that you carry in your pocket

relative clause with that

I need those politicians that you carry in your pocket, like nickels and dimes.
表現 · B2someone's endIn the first year your end should be three, four million dollars.
表現 · B1take care of someoneI'll take care of them, out of my share.
表現 · A2come to someoneWhy do you come to me? Why do I deserve this generosity?
表現 · B1a serious manI said that I would see you, because I heard you were a serious man, to be treated with respect.
表現 · B2be treated with respectI said that I would see you, because I heard you were a serious man, to be treated with respect.
表現 · A2say no to someoneBut, I must say no to you.
表現 · B1friends in politicsIt's true, I have a lot of friends in politics.
表現 · B2a harmless viceThey wouldn't be friendly long if I was involved in drugs instead of gambling, which they regard as a harmless vice, but drugs is a dirty business.
表現 · B2a dirty business

an activity that is dishonest or morally dirty

They wouldn't be friendly long if I was involved in drugs instead of gambling, which they regard as a harmless vice, but drugs is a dirty business.
文法 · B2if I was involved in drugs

conditional with passive

They wouldn't be friendly long if I was involved in drugs instead of gambling, which they regard as a harmless vice, but drugs is a dirty business.
表現 · B1make a difference

to matter at all

It doesn't make any difference to me what a man does for a living.
表現 · B1do something for a livingIt doesn't make any difference to me what a man does for a living.
表現 · B2a sentimental weakness for someoneI have a sentimental weakness for my children, and I spoil them.
表現 · B1spoil someoneI have a sentimental weakness for my children, and I spoil them.
表現 · B2something is finalSignor Sollozzo, my no is final. I wish to congratulate you on your new business.
表現 · B1congratulate someone on somethingSignor Sollozzo, my no is final. I wish to congratulate you on your new business.
スラング · A2SignorSignor Sollozzo, my no is final. I wish to congratulate you on your new business.
表現 · B2conflict with somethingEspecially since your interests don't conflict with mine. Thank you.

「Vito Refuses Sollozzo's Deal」を読み解く

What's really going on

The notes call Sollozzo the Turk and name narcotics as "the future." Stay out, and "maybe the five families" buy more police and political power, then "come after us." The pitch asks for a million in cash and politicians "you carry in your pocket, like nickels and dimes," promising "three, four million dollars" in the first year, and "then it would go up." Respect comes first: "a serious man, to be treated with respect." Gambling is "a harmless vice"; "drugs is a dirty business," so political friends will not stay friendly. Someone then starts "The Tattaglias would guarantee our..." and is stopped with "Wait a minute." A "sentimental weakness" for children who "talk when they should listen" leads into "my no is final," congratulations, and interests that "don't conflict."

Theme

PowerSollozzo wants the politicians carried like pocket change, and the refusal treats that cover as too costly to rent out.
MoneyA first-year cut of three or four million tempts the room, but the answer is that narcotics money would cost his political friends.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A street name is already a file
  • A vague share is bait
  • Courtesy can still kill a deal
  • Final means the file is closed

発音のポイント

  • known as — liaison
  • piece of the — liaison
  • come after us — liaison
Why do you come to me? Why do I deserve this generosity?

He treats the offer as suspiciously generous and asks what Sollozzo really wants from him.

Signor Sollozzo, my no is final. I wish to congratulate you on your new business.

The no is shut. Congratulations send Sollozzo off to a business the speaker will not enter, without reopening the terms.

It doesn't make any difference to me what a man does for a living.

He is not judging how the man earns. The line clears personal scorn so the real objection, danger and politics, can stand on its own.

I need those politicians that you carry in your pocket, like nickels and dimes.

The million is only the cash. This line asks for the politicians, pictured as small change the listener can pull from a pocket.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Don Corleone refuse the narcotics deal?

His political friends will tolerate gambling as a harmless vice, but not drugs. He calls that trade a dirty business and a little dangerous, and those friends would not stay friendly. The offer of millions does not move the no.

What is Sollozzo asking the Corleones for?

A million dollars in cash, protection from the police, and the politicians Don Corleone carries like nickels and dimes. He puts the return at three or four million in the first year, and offers to take care of the Tattaglia family out of his own share.

Why is the Tattaglia guarantee cut off?

Sollozzo offers a Tattaglia guarantee on security. Someone picks it up with "The Tattaglias would guarantee our..." and is stopped with "Wait a minute." The next lines admit a sentimental weakness for children who talk when they should listen. The eagerness was not supposed to show.

Is the refusal a moral stand against drugs?

The wording says a man's living makes no difference. What he will not risk is political friendship: gambling can pass as harmless, drugs cannot. The stand is about the cost to his friends in politics, not about policing another man's living.

Why wish Sollozzo luck after refusing him?

The refusal comes with congratulations and good luck. He has already treated Sollozzo as a serious man, calls the no final, and adds that their interests do not conflict. The bargain stays closed without an insult.

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