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The Wolf of Wall Street · 2013 — 第 11 / 30 章 · 5'03" · B2

Jordan Interrogates the Butler, Explained：lying through his teeth

Jordan comes home to find his apartment trashed and his cash gone. "I will not be stolen from," he tells the man left in charge, and he means it — the interrogation turns violent. The joke and the threat sit side by side: this is a man who treats money as sacred.

あらすじ

Jordan has just divorced his wife and moved Naomi into his apartment. When he returns from a trip, the place is a mess and the cash in his sock drawer is missing. Nicholas, the man left in charge, swears he knows nothing, so Jordan calls the police — then lets Chester and Toby handle it before they can kill him.

AccusationsInterrogationsConfrontingThreateningBoss & employeeB2fastamerican
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注目の表現

file for divorcefeng shuilying through his teethout of hand

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  2. ❝ 独白Moving Naomi in6 行練習ページ ↗
  93. ❝ 独白The rathole accounts6 行練習ページ ↗
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このシーンの表現

lying through his teeth

lie shamelessly and blatantly

The butler swears he knows nothing, and Jordan calls it lying through his teeth.

He looked calm but was lying through his teeth.

このシーンの他の表現

  • file for divorce

    officially start a divorce

  • feng shui

    arrange by feng shui

  • out of hand

    become uncontrolled

  • sock drawer

    the drawer for socks

  • start from the beginning

    begin the story at the start

このシーンのメモ一覧

123 行のセリフに 26 件のメモ

表現 · B1file for divorce

officially start a divorce

Jordan files for divorce within three days and moves Naomi in, describing it as if it were routine.

Three days later, I filed for a divorce and moved Naomi into the apartment.
表現 · B1bring someone in

bring a person in to help

She brought in a decorator, feng shui'd the whole place.
表現 · B2lie through one's teeth

lie shamelessly and blatantly

The butler swears he knows nothing, and Jordan calls it lying through his teeth.

He's lying through his fucking teeth.
発音through his

Link through and his so they sound like through-is.

He's lying through his fucking teeth.
表現 · A2invite someone over

ask someone to come to your home

You invited some friends over, right?
表現 · B2one thing led to another

events kept escalating

One thing led to another. Things got out of hand.
表現 · B2get out of hand

become uncontrolled

The butler explains how the party spiraled: one thing led to another and it got out of hand.

One thing led to another. Things got out of hand.
スラング · B2degenerates

immoral, out-of-control people — Heavy word, self-mocking or insulting; not for formal talk.

We do blow all the time. We're fucking degenerates ourselves.
表現 · B1start from the beginning

begin the story at the start

Jordan forces himself to calm down and asks the butler to start from the beginning.

Just start from the beginning. Who came over?
表現 · B2get high

become intoxicated

I got a little high at breakfast.
表現 · B1be in charge

responsible, in control

Jordan turns on the butler: since he was in charge that day, the loss is on him.

You were in charge, right?
文法 · B2I will not be stolen from

passive voice: The passive be stolen from puts Jordan in the position of the one being robbed.

I will not be stolen from. You get that?
スラング · B2yakuza

Japanese organized crime — Used loosely for gangster tactics; casual, not formal.

Where is it? - (NICHOLAS SCREAMING) Chester and Toby, they went all yakuza on Nicholas.
スラング · A2cops

the police — Casual for police; use police in formal writing.

I had to call the cops just to keep them from killing the poor guy.
スラング · B2kicked his ass

beat him up badly — Crude slang for beating or defeating someone; keep it casual.

Then they kicked his ass.
文法 · B2who held stock in his name for me

relative clause: The who-clause describes the friend, while like Brad here inserts an example.

Now a rathole is a friend, like Brad here, who held stock in his name for me.
表現 · B2on the books

officially recorded

Jordan explains the profits are all cash and none of it is on the books, so no record exists.

All cash. None of it's on the books.
発音on the books

Link on the books smoothly, with a weak the.

All cash. None of it's on the books.
表現 · B2in the eyes of the law

from the law's point of view

The narration admits that off-the-books dealing is a big no-no in the eyes of the law.

A big no-no, of course, in the eyes of the law.
表現 · B1under control

managed, not out of hand

Do not worry about it. I have the SEC under control.
発音under control

Link under and control so they run together.

Do not worry about it. I have the SEC under control.
表現 · B2have something bugged

plant a listening device

So I set them up in our conference room and I had it bugged
表現 · C1smoking gun

decisive proof of guilt

The SEC lawyers search the room for a smoking gun while Jordan launches a new offering outside.

Then, while they were looking for a smoking gun in that room...
表現 · B2the general population

ordinary people at large

It's the first time a stock is offered for sale to the general population.
表現 · B2take a company public

list a company on the market

Now, as the firm taking the company public, we set the initial sales price
文法 · B2as the firm taking the company public

as-phrase: The as-phrase states their role, with taking as a participle describing the firm.

Now, as the firm taking the company public, we set the initial sales price

「Jordan Interrogates the Butler」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene plays as comedy, but the stakes are Jordan's whole worldview. He isn't just angry about missing cash; he's offended that anyone took from him at all — 'I will not be stolen from. You get that?' When Nicholas insists 'I don't know where your money is, Mr. Belfort,' Jordan reads the denial as proof: 'He's lying through his teeth.' What follows is a beating by Chester and Toby that Jordan narrates almost cheerfully, plus a police call that makes him look reasonable. The money is the point — it was cash, never on the books, which is why he can't simply report a theft. Later in the scene the same hidden cash flows through friends like Brad, and the film notes that keeping it off the books is, 'in the eyes of the law,' a crime.

Theme

MoneyMoney, and who is allowed to touch it, is Jordan's whole moral universe: theft is the one sin he refuses to forgive.
CorruptionEven the crime is routine — hidden cash moves through friends and lawyers while Jordan jokes about keeping the SEC under control.

このチャプターで学べること

  • The theft turns a calm man instantly violent.
  • A missing name becomes the whole interrogation.
  • The narrator explains a crime like a tax lesson.
  • Money off the books is the real confession here.

発音のポイント

  • through his — Link through and his so they sound like through-is.
  • on the books — Link on the books smoothly, with a weak the.
  • under control — Link under and control so they run together.
I will not be stolen from. You get that?

Jordan's line to the man left in charge: he can tolerate almost anything about his lifestyle, but being robbed is a personal insult he refuses to accept.

He's lying through his fucking teeth.

Jordan's verdict on Nicholas's denial — he is certain the man knows exactly where the money went and is lying on purpose.

All cash. None of it's on the books.

Jordan explains that the money was never recorded anywhere, which is why the theft is so awkward and also why the cash is so useful to him.

I fucking like gay people. I don't like you.

Jordan insists his anger isn't about the butler's sexuality; it's personal — he is punishing the specific man who was in charge.

このシーンについての質問

Why is Jordan so angry about money stolen from a drawer?

It wasn't ordinary cash — it was hidden, off-the-books money he can't report normally. To Jordan, being stolen from is the one thing he refuses to tolerate, no matter how he made the money.

Did Nicholas actually steal the money?

The film never proves it. Nicholas keeps saying he doesn't know where it is, and Jordan decides he's lying. Chester and Toby beat him anyway, so the scene is about suspicion and power, not proof.

Why does Jordan call the police on his own employees?

He wants the beating to stop before Chester and Toby kill Nicholas, and calling the cops lets him look like the reasonable one in the room.

What is a 'rathole' in the film?

A rathole is a friend, like Brad, who holds stock in his own name so Jordan can pump the price, cash out, and get the profits back in untraceable cash.

Why does Manny Riskin warn Jordan about the SEC?

Manny says fighting the SEC openly will destroy him: 'You piss up the SEC's leg, you end up with your tits in a ringer.' He wants Jordan to stay careful instead of provoking regulators.

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