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You Can't Take It with You · 1938 — 第 1 / 27 章 · 4'27" · B2

Kirby Plans the Munitions Monopoly, Explained：cash in on

Kirby briefs his executives on a plan to absorb every rival and control the country's war production: "With the world going crazy, the next big move is munitions." One small lot stands in the way, and when its owner refuses to sell, Kirby is ready to force him out.

あらすじ

Back from Washington, Kirby gathers his executives and lays out his plan: with no political interference, his company will take over the munitions trade and become the largest private monopoly in the world. Only one stubborn landowner stands in the way, and Kirby intends to make him sell.

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issue a statementthe powers that becash in onbite my head off

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このシーンの表現

cash in on

profit from

Laying out the munitions plan, Kirby says his company is going to profit from the coming chaos.

Some traders cashed in on the panic.

このシーンの他の表現

  • issue a statement

    make an official statement

  • the powers that be

    the people in charge

  • bite my head off

    snap at me angrily

  • ice water in his veins

    completely cold-blooded

  • cool one's heels

    make someone wait

このシーンのメモ一覧

99 行のセリフに 31 件のメモ

表現 · B1the ... outlook

future prospects

We'd like a statement on the business outlook.
表現 · B2issue a statement

make an official statement

Reporters wait for a quote, but Kirby's aide shuts them down: the boss never makes statements.

The newspapers should know that Mr. Kirby never issues any statements.
表現 · B1send for someone

summon someone

That's good, I nearly sent for you. I thought you might like the White House.
表現 · A2so far

up to now

Painless so far.
文法 · B2as if he were having a tooth yanked

subjunctive: Were after as if marks an unreal or exaggerated comparison, not a real event.

He still talks as if he were having a tooth yanked.
発音as if he

Link as, if and he so they run together in fast speech.

He still talks as if he were having a tooth yanked.
表現 · B2the powers that be

the people in charge

Back from Washington, Kirby assures his partners that the people in charge will not step in.

Well, gentlemen, there'll be no interference from the powers that be.
表現 · B2be lined up

secured in advance

Particularly now that Ramsey is lined up.
文法 · B1now that

now that clause: Now that introduces a new fact that explains why something is now true.

Particularly now that Ramsey is lined up.
表現 · B2stand for something

tolerate Here it means tolerate, not represent.

No, the administration would never stand for that.
表現 · B2cash in on something

profit from

Laying out the munitions plan, Kirby says his company is going to profit from the coming chaos.

And Kirby and Company are going to cash in on it.
表現 · B1every inch of something

all of

I own every inch of the 12 blocks that completely surround the Ramsey factories.
発音going to

Going to often weakens into gonna in quick speech.

So, how is he going to fulfill his contracts without us?
表現 · B1get busy

start working

Now, you'd better get busy.
スラング · C1cockeyed

topsy-turvy — Self-mocking and casual; avoid aiming it at others.

You know my cockeyed sense of values.
スラング · B2sour-faced

grim-faced — Describes a grim look; common in speech.

Get me that sour-faced real estate agent on the phone. What's his name?
スラング · B2jittery

nervous — Casual; fine for your own nerves, not a formal report.

These trips to Washington are getting me jittery.
表現 · B2bite someone's head off

snap at me angrily

Blakely is already snapping on the phone, so Kirby tells him not to bite his head off.

Now, wait a minute. Don't bite my head off.
表現 · B2with the exception of something

except for

I've got all 12 blocks, everything, with the exception of one little lot I can't get the man to sell.
文法 · B2one little lot I can't get the man to sell

relative clause: The clause after the noun describes which lot he means; that is left out.

I've got all 12 blocks, everything, with the exception of one little lot I can't get the man to sell.
スラング · B2old crank

an old grouch — Mildly insulting; common among coworkers.

But I'm up against some kind of an old crank.
表現 · C1stand pat

refuse to budge

I've already offered him $50,000, but he's standing pat.
表現 · B2buy up something

buy all of

unless you buy up the whole 12 blocks, you won't get a penny commission.
文法 · B2unless you buy up

unless clause: Unless means if not; the main clause then adds a negative consequence.

unless you buy up the whole 12 blocks, you won't get a penny commission.
発音buy up the

In fast speech the p in up is barely released before the.

unless you buy up the whole 12 blocks, you won't get a penny commission.
表現 · B1get a hold of something

obtain

I've simply got to get a hold of that property, Bill.
表現 · B2drive someone out

force someone out

I'll make him sell if I have to drive him out with stink bombs.
スラング · B2a bunch of nuts

a bunch of eccentrics — Gossipy and dismissive; not to someone's face.

- What are they, a bunch of nuts? - Fascinating ones.
表現 · A2be interested in something

want to know more about

- It's the old army game. - I doubt it. He's not interested in money.
表現 · C1cool one's heels

make someone wait

Vanderhof is already waiting, but Kirby tells his secretary to let him cool his heels outside.

Have him wait a while. Let him cool his heels.
発音cool his

Run cool and his together and keep his weak.

Have him wait a while. Let him cool his heels.

「Kirby Plans the Munitions Monopoly」を読み解く

What's really going on

The chapter is the film's portrait of power without a conscience. Kirby does not pretend the munitions business is noble; he simply notes that "a war wouldn't be possible anywhere without us" and moves on to the paperwork. The scene's chill comes from how ordinary the evil sounds, delivered in the same voice he uses to ask for bicarbonate of soda. Then the whole plan meets its obstacle, and it is not a rival empire but one old man with a house he refuses to leave. When someone objects that "you can't force a man to sell his home," Kirby's answer is to reach for stink bombs, which tells you everything about what he thinks people are for.

Theme

PowerKirby treats war and people alike as instruments, calmly arranging a monopoly that can start conflicts at will.
MoneyEvery objection is answered with a price or a threat, until one man who does not want money stops the machine.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Ambition and leverage carry this boardroom scene.
  • Kirby wins the room by revealing land nobody knew he owned.
  • The phone call shows how pressure works in business.
  • Idioms like cash in on make the threat sound casual.

発音のポイント

  • as if he — Link as, if and he so they run together in fast speech.
  • going to — Going to often weakens into gonna in quick speech.
  • buy up the — In fast speech the p in up is barely released before the.
  • cool his — Run cool and his together and keep his weak.
It'll be the largest individual monopoly in the world, gentlemen, if we're smart.

Kirby's goal stated plainly, ambition presented as a matter of good planning.

You can't force a man to sell his home, John.

The one moral line in the scene, spoken against a plan that ignores it.

Why, a war wouldn't be possible anywhere without us.

His boast about controlling war itself, delivered as a business advantage.

With the world going crazy, the next big move is munitions.

The line that turns global crisis into an investment opportunity.

このシーンについての質問

What is Kirby's plan?

He wants to absorb every rival and control the country's war production, creating the largest private monopoly in the world. He believes nobody in Washington will interfere.

Why does Kirby need the twelve blocks?

They completely surround the Ramsey factories. Owning every inch of them would leave Ramsey unable to fulfill his contracts, forcing him to sell out.

Why won't the landowner sell his house?

He is not interested in money. Even a doubled offer is refused, and Blakely says the man simply stands pat and will not budge.

What does Kirby threaten to do?

He says he will make the man sell if he has to drive him out with stink bombs. He treats forcing an old man from his home as just another method.

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