The Town · 2010 — 第 12 / 20 章 · 5'02" · C1

The FBI Offers Doug No Deal, Explained:a code of silence

The scene is a series of warnings. First Doug rehearses a robbery script and invents the word “authenticious.” Then a club conversation turns to informers, and finally an FBI agent spells it out: “No deal. No compromise,” mocking Doug's “code of silence.” Each man is telling Doug what he cannot become.

あらすじ

The chapter moves through three confrontations. Doug rehearses the lines he must say during a robbery, coining his own word for sounding real: “authenticious.” At a club, the conversation turns to informers and who can be trusted in the neighbourhood. Then FBI agent Frawley sits him down and delivers the message he has come to give: no deal, no compromise, and a life that will end in prison.

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注目の表現

authenticiousa ratlift a printfucking

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  1. ❝ 独白Dino's speech on rats9 行練習ページ ↗
  2. ❝ 独白Frawley's ultimatum23 行練習ページ ↗
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このシーンの表現

a code of silence

an unwritten rule of not talking

Frawley predicts the unwritten rule against talking will collapse, naming the underworld's own code.

There is a code of silence in that department.

このシーンの他の表現

  • authenticious

    a made-up blend of authentic and delicious

  • a rat

    an informer

  • lift a print

    recover a fingerprint

  • fucking

    a vulgar intensifier

  • a half-off sale

    a discounted bargain

このシーンのメモ一覧

82 行のセリフに 30 件のメモ

表現 · B1be supposed to

be expected to

"You aren't supposed to come out of the truck. You got him but who got me?
発音aren't supposed to

The t in aren't drops, and supposed to runs together.

"You aren't supposed to come out of the truck. You got him but who got me?
表現 · A2kind of + adjective

a bit short

it's kind of short.
表現 · B2What is it with someone

what is wrong with

What is it with you guys in Charlestown?
表現 · B1make something sound + adjective

make something seem

I'm trying to make this sound authenticious.
表現 · B1have X years left

a few years remaining

Got a few years left on his bid.
表現 · B2get to someone

got hold of someone here it means they got hold of him, not arrived

I hear they got to the old guy.
表現 · B2what it used to be

how it once was

Townie crews ain't what they used to be.
文法 · B2what they used to be

predicative clause: The clause what they used to be serves as the predicate, comparing past and present.

Townie crews ain't what they used to be.
表現 · A2get up there

rise to that level here it means rising to the top, not climbing a place

Maybe you can change all that when you get up there.
表現 · A2grow up with someone

be raised alongside someone

...who grows up with a group of people, gets to know their secrets...
文法 · B2who grows up with a group of people

relative clause: The who-clause modifies a guy, describing how he grew up inside that group.

...who grows up with a group of people, gets to know their secrets...
スラング · B2rat

an informer — A heavy label in crime and prison talk; don't use it lightly.

You'd call him a rat, right? You know what I call him?
スラング · C1dago

a slur for Italians — An ethnic slur for Italians; never use it.

Dino the dago.
表現 · B1get something for it

receive in return

What did they get for it?
スラング · B2can

prison — Street slang for prison; formal talk says prison.

Inside of the fucking can.
表現 · C1lift a print

recover a fingerprint

Frawley lets Doug know the police recovered a fingerprint from the van, turning up the pressure.

You know we lifted a print off the van? Right?
表現 · B2for a box of something

just for a box of something

...roll a Star Market over in Malden for a box of quarters.
スラング · B1dummies

fools — Casual insult for foolish people, milder than idiot.

You fucking dummies shot a guard.
表現 · A2be in line

queuing up

Now you're like a half-off sale at Big and Tall, Every cop is in line.
発音sale at

Link sale at so it sounds almost like say-lat.

Now you're like a half-off sale at Big and Tall, Every cop is in line.
表現 · B1if it were up to me

if the choice were mine

Now, if it were up to me...
文法 · B2if it were up to me

subjunctive: The past subjunctive were marks a hypothetical: if the decision were mine.

Now, if it were up to me...
発音isn't fucking

The t in isn't drops, and fucking is swallowed quickly.

This isn't fucking townie hopscotch anymore, Doug.
スラング · B2townie

a local resident — A mildly dismissive word for a local.

This isn't fucking townie hopscotch anymore, Doug.
表現 · C1bandy about something

toss around casually

...various parties will bandy about the possibility of sentence reduction...
文法 · C1the possibility of sentence reduction

nominalization: The of-phrase turns the action into a noun phrase modifying possibility.

...various parties will bandy about the possibility of sentence reduction...
スラング · C1omerta

a mafia code of silence — Mafia jargon for the rule of silence.

...despite your pitiable, misguided, Irish omerta.
表現 · C1give way

collapse or yield

--when your code of silence finally gives way...
表現 · C1traffic in something

deal illegally in

...to fear of trafficking in cigarettes to prevent sexual enslavement...

「The FBI Offers Doug No Deal」を読み解く

What's really going on

The chapter runs three versions of the same pressure. Doug rehearses a hostage script and invents a word — “authenticious” — because he wants to sound convincing; the joke hides how much his life depends on performance. The club conversation turns on informers and who gets “put in prison,” a warning delivered as a question. Then Frawley drops the politeness entirely: “No deal. No compromise,” and tells Doug he will die in federal prison. His mockery of Doug's “code of silence” is the sharpest part, because it names the one thing the neighbourhood thinks it still has. Each scene asks the same question: who talks, and what does it cost?

Theme

BetrayalInformers and rats are the subject of every warning, from the club to the FBI's threat.
TrustA neighbourhood code of silence is the one bond everyone tests, and the FBI promises it will break.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Frawley's calm is the threat, not his volume.
  • Dino's invented word shows a man out of his depth.
  • The fingerprint turns a suspicion into a case.
  • No deal here is a life sentence in two words.

発音のポイント

  • aren't supposed to — The t in aren't drops, and supposed to runs together.
  • sale at — Link sale at so it sounds almost like say-lat.
  • isn't fucking — The t in isn't drops, and fucking is swallowed quickly.
What is it with you guys in Charlestown?

A jab while Doug reads his script, turning his poor reading into a joke about Charlestown men.

Townie crews ain't what they used to be.

A line about local crews losing their old discipline, spoken as the neighbourhood's underworld is being pushed aside.

You'd call him a rat, right? You know what I call him?

The setup for a warning about informers: someone who betrays the people who trusted him is the worst thing you can be.

This isn't fucking townie hopscotch anymore, Doug.

Frawley's way of saying the stakes are grown-up now, a federal case rather than a neighbourhood game.

Now you're like a half-off sale at Big and Tall, Every cop is in line.

A mocking image of the crew as a bargain everyone wants, with every officer eager to make the arrest.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Doug rehearse the robbery script?

He has to say specific words during a robbery so the crew sounds like ordinary robbers, and he keeps trying to make the lines sound convincing.

Why does Frawley refuse any deal?

He wants Doug to know there is nothing to negotiate: no cooperation, no reduced sentence, just a promise that he and his friends will die in federal prison.

What is a “code of silence” in the film?

The neighbourhood's unwritten rule against informing on each other, which Frawley mocks as a doomed 'Irish omerta' that will break under pressure.

Who is Dino and what does he want with Doug?

Dino is a local figure Doug visits at a club; their exchange is about the neighbourhood, Doug's father in prison, and who can be trusted.

Why does Frawley mention the wounded guard?

The guard survived, so the crew is now wanted for shooting an officer, which is why Frawley says every cop is lining up to catch them.

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