meeting someone regularly
Christine opens by admitting she knew her husband had been visiting Mrs French often.
Yes, of course I knew that Leonard had been seeing Mrs French quite frequently.Witness for the Prosecution · 1957 — 第 9 / 27 章 · 2'31" · B2
Christine and the Green Socks, Explained：a way with women
Questioned about her husband's friendship with Mrs French, Christine offers the green socks: he hated the colour and they were two sizes too big, but he wore them anyway to please her. A man with "a way with women" — and then she turns on the room, "What hypocrites you are in this country."
あらすじ
Christine Vole is questioned about how close her husband was to Mrs French. She recalls the green socks Mrs French knitted for him: Leonard disliked the colour and the socks were two sizes too large, yet he wore them to give her pleasure. "Leonard has a way with women," runs the remark. When Sir Wilfrid takes over, he warns that Leonard's whole defence rests on their word alone.
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seeing someonefind something endearingcarry someone in triumphlook upon someone as
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seeing someone
meeting someone regularly
Christine opens by admitting she knew her husband had been visiting Mrs French often.
He had been seeing her for months before anyone noticed.
このシーンの他の表現
- find something endearing
think something is charming
- carry someone in triumph
celebrate someone as a hero
- look upon someone as
regard someone as
- rest on something
depend entirely on
- as long as
on condition that
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35 行のセリフに 21 件のメモ
made by knitting for someone
I knew when he came home with a pair of green socks she'd knitted for him.think something is charming
The lawyer says a jury will find the green-socks story endearing, dressing weakness as charm.
That's quite natural. I'm sure a jury will find it endearing.a particular tone of green
Leonard can be very endearing. He hates that particular shade of green and the socks were two sizes too large,Link shade and of as shade-ov, then stretch green.
Leonard can be very endearing. He hates that particular shade of green and the socks were two sizes too large,all the same; anyway
but he wore them just the same to give her pleasure.a knack with women
Leonard has a way with women.celebrate someone as a hero
Christine jokes that an all-woman jury would carry him out of court in triumph.
I only hope he has an all-woman jury. They will carry him from court in triumph.knowing beforehand
Of course, your husband had no previous knowledge of this bequest?regard someone as
The lawyer frames the widow as seeing Vole like a son, making the bequest look natural.
Clearly, she had come to look upon your husband as a son or favourite nephew.Link look and upon so they sound joined.
Clearly, she had come to look upon your husband as a son or favourite nephew.depend entirely on
Sir Wilfrid reminds Christine that the whole defence rests on his word and hers.
You realise your husband's entire defence rests on his word and yours?doubtful about
- I realise that. - And that the jury will be quite sceptical of the word of a man accused of murder when supported only by that of his wife?participle phrase: When supported is a reduced clause, with that standing in for the word just mentioned.
- I realise that. - And that the jury will be quite sceptical of the word of a man accused of murder when supported only by that of his wife?contradict each other
- I realise that too. - Let us, then, at least make sure - the two are not in conflict.certainly; go ahead
- By all means, let's.what witnesses testify
My dear Mrs Vole, in our courts we accept the evidence of witnesses who speak only Bulgarian and who must have an interpreter.relative clause: The who-clause narrows witnesses to those who speak only Bulgarian.
My dear Mrs Vole, in our courts we accept the evidence of witnesses who speak only Bulgarian and who must have an interpreter.on condition that
Sir Wilfrid ends by saying the court takes anyone's evidence, as long as it is true.
We accept the evidence of deaf-mutes who cannot speak at all, as long as they tell the truth.conditional clause: The as long as clause states the one condition for accepting the evidence.
We accept the evidence of deaf-mutes who cannot speak at all, as long as they tell the truth.Reduce the first as and run long as together.
We accept the evidence of deaf-mutes who cannot speak at all, as long as they tell the truth.「Christine and the Green Socks」を読み解く
What's really going on
Christine is being tested, and she knows it. Asked whether her husband knew about the bequest, she refuses to play the innocent wife: "Is that what he told you?" she fires back, then "Surely you're not suggesting different?" — daring the questioner to accuse her of lying. Her most telling move is the green socks. She turns a damning fact into a charming one: a poor man courting a rich widow becomes a sweet young man wearing an ugly pair of socks out of kindness. It is the same instinct when she snaps, "What hypocrites you are in this country." The scene ends with Wilfrid spelling out the case's real weakness — that Leonard's defence "rests on his word and yours" — and Christine answering, calmly, "I realise that."
Theme
DeceptionChristine reshapes each accusation into a warmer story, and the trial will later hinge on whether her words can be trusted.
TrustThe whole defence depends on the jury believing a wife's word; Wilfrid says it plainly: it rests on her testimony alone.
このチャプターで学べること
- A small green sock can say everything about a man.
- Endearing is a lawyer's word for a weakness.
- A wife's word is weighed, not trusted.
- Politeness in court is often a probe.
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- shade of green — Link shade and of as shade-ov, then stretch green.
- look upon — Link look and upon so they sound joined.
- as long as — Reduce the first as and run long as together.
What hypocrites you are in this country.A blunt attack on English double standards: the room acts scandalised by a young man's attentions to a rich widow, yet uses that very charm as evidence against him.
We accept the evidence of deaf-mutes who cannot speak at all, as long as they tell the truth.Wilfrid reassures Christine that her accent will not cost her credibility: a witness's manner does not matter, only whether the testimony is true.
You realise your husband's entire defence rests on his word and yours?He is warning her that there is no other evidence. If she and Leonard contradict each other, the case collapses.
I only hope he has an all-woman jury. They will carry him from court in triumph.A wry line about Leonard's charm: women are so taken with him that a female jury would acquit him, which is also the prosecution's fear.
このシーンについての質問
Why do the green socks matter in the trial?
They show Leonard wore clothes he disliked just to please Mrs French. The defence uses the anecdote to make him look kind, while it also proves how close he had become to a rich woman.
Why does Christine say "What hypocrites you are in this country"?
She resents the English double standard: the court treats a young man's affection for an older widow as shameful, even while it uses that same charm as evidence against him.
Does the outcome of the case depend on Christine?
Yes. Sir Wilfrid tells her plainly that the whole defence rests on her word and Leonard's, and that the jury will be sceptical of a wife supporting a husband accused of murder.
Why is Christine worried about her accent?
She fears the police did not believe her because of how she spoke. Sir Wilfrid answers that English courts accept any witness, even one who needs an interpreter, as long as the evidence is true.
What does "a way with women" mean?
A natural gift for charming women — Leonard seems to win them over effortlessly, which is both why Mrs French trusted him and why the case against him looks so dangerous.
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次のチャプター · 第 10 章worships the ground I walk onChristine Denies She's His Wife
第 1 章put it in mothballsSir Wilfrid Goes Home
第 2 章when her back is turnedSir Wilfrid Hides Cigars in His Cane
第 3 章circumstantial evidenceVole Tries to Hire Sir Wilfrid
第 4 章in the hands ofLeonard Tells Sir Wilfrid His Story
第 5 章not cricketHow Vole Met Mrs French
第 6 章a hot potatoLeonard Recounts the Night of the Murder
第 7 章with flying coloursInspector Hearne Arrests Leonard
第 8 章call it what you likeChristine Vole Meets the Lawyers
再生中 · 第 9 章a way with womenChristine and the Green Socks
第 10 章worships the ground I walk onChristine Denies She's His Wife
第 11 章on the chance thatWilfrid Photographs Vole in Prison
第 12 章gave someone ideasLeonard Meets Christine in Hamburg
第 13 章clutching at a razor bladeVole Tells How He Married Christine
第 14 章to a pointLeonard Vole Pleads Not Guilty
第 15 章take someone by surpriseHearne Testifies About the Prints
第 16 章account forThe Bloodstained Jacket in Court
第 17 章hither and thitherJanet McKenzie Takes the Stand
第 18 章a scheming rascalWilfrid Cross-Examines the Housekeeper
第 19 章an accomplice toChristine Testifies Against Vole
第 20 章a chronic and habitual liarMyers Destroys Christine on the Stand
第 21 章shed new light onSir Wilfrid Calls Leonard Vole
第 22 章establish an alibiMyers Cross-Examines Leonard Vole
第 23 章wild-goose chaseThe Call About the German Wife
第 24 章on the slySir Wilfrid Buys the Letters
第 25 章a pack of liesSir Wilfrid's Blue Letter Trap
第 26 章dispose ofVole Is Found Not Guilty
第 27 章call someone namesChristine Reveals Leonard Was Guilty第 9 / 27 章 · 残り約 63 分