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The Shop Around the Corner · 1940 — 第 8 / 19 章 · 4'42" · B2

Klara Asks Kralik for a Night Off, Explained：call it a day

On the night everyone must stay late, Klara asks Kralik for the evening off. He refuses, she pushes back, and an old grudge turns into war. What looks like a scheduling spat is two proud people keeping score. 'Well, you're out of luck,' he tells her; by the end he is the one walking out.

あらすじ

In Matuschek's Budapest shop, the staff must stay after closing to dress the windows. Klara Novak asks her colleague Kralik for the night off, and he turns her down flat; the exchange becomes a fight about everything they have resented for months. When Kralik then asks Matuschek for the same night off, the owner erupts, and Kralik offers to call it a day.

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注目の表現

fell for itcall it a dayset an examplehave the nerve

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このシーンの表現

call it a day

to stop working and finish for the day

克拉利克和老板越说越僵，他撂下一句也许该收工了，把这场谈不下去的对话画上句号。

We've done enough for today—let's call it a day.

このシーンの他の表現

  • fell for it

    to be tricked by something

  • set an example

    to behave in a way others should copy

  • have the nerve

    居然有脸、竟敢（做某事）

このシーンのメモ一覧

106 行のセリフに 42 件のメモ

表現 · B2in the bottom of one's heartYou know, in the bottom of my heart after thinking it all over, you're so right.
表現 · B1think something overYou know, in the bottom of my heart after thinking it all over, you're so right.
表現 · B1hate to admit ...Of course, I wouldn't admit it at the time but what woman would? We hate to admit we are wrong.
表現 · B1show some sense...you know, this is the first time you've shown a little sense.
表現 · B1quite a change in someoneQuite a change in you, Miss Novak.
表現 · B1keep something upNow, if you just keep this up and I think we'll be able to get along much better.
表現 · B2could someone spare someoneDo you think you could spare me tonight?
表現 · B1let someone offAnd then maybe Mr. Matuschek would let me off.
表現 · B1be out of luckWell, you're out of luck.
発音out of luck

liaison

Well, you're out of luck.
表現 · B1such an obvious trickOh, that was such an obvious trick.
表現 · B1fall for something

to be tricked by something

- I almost fell for it, too. - Please, Mr. Kralik.
表現 · B2do everything one couldYou know, for the last six months, you've done everything you could to antagonized me and now you have the nerve-- You haven't been very nice to me either.
表現 · B2have the nerve to do somethingYou know, for the last six months, you've done everything you could to antagonized me and now you have the nerve-- You haven't been very nice to me either.
表現 · B1no matter what ...No matter what I do, it's wrong.
表現 · A2make a suggestionIf I make a suggestion and some of them are very good..
表現 · B1full of lifeWhen I first came into this shop I was full of life and enthusiasm and now I'm nothing!
表現 · B1take something awayYou've taken my personality away!
表現 · B2be in a position where ...Well, let me tell you, Mr. Kralik any day now I may be in a position where I don't have to work anymore.
表現 · B2tell someone what one thinks of someoneAnd then Mr. Kralik, I'll really tell you what I think of you.
表現 · B1as for somethingAs for that blouse, I think it's beautiful and I'm going to wear it tonight!
表現 · B2get along without someoneCan you get along without Miss Novak tonight?
表現 · B1appreciate it very muchWell, yes, sir. I'd appreciate it very much.
表現 · B1show interest in somethingIs this the interest you show in my shop?
表現 · A2once a yearOnce a year, I ask you to stay.
表現 · B2if one had only knownI'm sorry, sir, if I'd only known yesterday.
文法 · B2if I'd only known yesterday

unreal if-clause

I'm sorry, sir, if I'd only known yesterday.
表現 · B2send someone an announcementWell, next time, I'll send you an engraved announcement.
表現 · B1talk something overI have talked everything over with Mr. Kralik.
表現 · B1ask someone for adviceDid I ask you for your advice?
表現 · B1manage without someoneI think we can manage without you.
表現 · B1ask a favorMr. Matuschek, this is the first time in years I have asked a favor. If it weren't so very important-- I've given you your evening. What more do you want?
表現 · B1see someone offDo you want a brass band to see you off?
発音see you off

liaison

Do you want a brass band to see you off?
文法 · B2you're being unjust

be being for temporary behavior

Mr. Matuschek, I think you're being unjust!
表現 · B2be so kind as to do somethingSix people I ask, one day a year to be so kind as to redecorate a window.
表現 · B1set an example

to behave in a way others should copy

And you have the nerve, Mr. Kralik the oldest employee in the place who should set an example.
表現 · B1more ... than you thinkMaybe I have more reason than you think.
文法 · B1more reason than you think

comparative more ... than

Maybe I have more reason than you think.
表現 · B2draw one's own conclusionsWell, you can draw your own conclusions.
表現 · B1call it a day

to stop working and finish for the day

Perhaps we'd better call it a day.
発音call it a day

flap

Perhaps we'd better call it a day.

「Klara Asks Kralik for a Night Off」を読み解く

What's really going on

The night off is only the trigger. Klara and Kralik have spent months needling each other, and the request gives both of them a chance to settle scores. She flatters him first — 'this is the first time you've shown a little sense' — and he is pleased enough to say they might get along better, then refuses her anyway. She calls it an obvious trick; he calls her out of luck. Matuschek's own resentment is older and pettier still: he counts the gas, the rent, the taxes and their salaries, and treats one annual request for help as betrayal. 'Perhaps we'd better call it a day' is not about a window — it sounds like a resignation dressed as a casual suggestion. Everyone in the shop is keeping a private ledger.

Theme

PrideKlara and Kralik would rather win the exchange than get what they want, trading barbs until neither can back down.
PowerMatuschek turns one request for an evening off into a test of loyalty and ownership: 'Whose shop is this?'

このチャプターで学べること

  • Ask politely with spare me tonight.
  • Distinguish let me off from let me go.
  • Hear out of luck as a pointed refusal.
  • Use call it a day to end work.

発音のポイント

  • out of luck — liaison
  • see you off — liaison
  • call it a day — flap
Of course, I wouldn't admit it at the time but what woman would? We hate to admit we are wrong.

A comic defense of stubbornness: no one likes admitting she was wrong, so refusing to back down is presented as a shared human trait.

Well, you're out of luck.

A blunt, slightly mocking refusal. The request is denied with no apology and no room to negotiate.

When I first came into this shop I was full of life and enthusiasm and now I'm nothing!

The complaint of a longtime employee who feels the job has worn him down — enthusiasm spent, identity drained, blaming the shop.

Perhaps we'd better call it a day.

A gentle way to say 'let's stop here.' In context it lands as more than quitting for the night — a resignation offered as a suggestion.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Klara need the night off?

She has a date and wants to wear the blouse she had just apologized for. When she hears the staff must stay to dress the windows, she asks Kralik first, then Matuschek, to be excused.

Why does Matuschek refuse to let anyone go?

The window dressing is an annual event, and he expects all six employees to stay. He resents feeling unappreciated — he pays the rent, gas, taxes and salaries — and treats one request as a test of loyalty.

Is Kralik fair to Klara?

He is provoked, but he also enjoys the upper hand: he needles her, then denies the favor anyway. Still, she flatters him mainly to get what she wants, and dismisses his question as an obvious trick.

What does 'Whose shop is this?' show about Matuschek?

Kralik and Novak have been making plans behind the owner's back, and Matuschek feels his authority undercut. The question reminds everyone who decides — and escalates the fight instead of settling it.

What does 'Perhaps we'd better call it a day' really mean here?

On the surface it means 'let's stop for today.' Coming right after the quarrel, it reads as more than the end of a workday — an offer to quit, made to sound casual.

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