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English translation: Some of you shove some earth together and put some rocks around it...

16:20 Mar 24, 2024
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama / Hold back the night (1956)
English term or phrase: some....
I can't !understand what the actor is saying! He, says: Some..................and put some rocks around it, cut off!

Link: https://youtu.be/mKFqKspgDFg?si=iLK1yHGM2VUWFgKu (1:02:53 --> 1:02:56)

Thanks a lot!
Daniel Slon
Selected answer:Some of you shove some earth together and put some rocks around it...
Explanation:
The last word isn't "Cut off", it's a name beginning with C (or K). By this far into the film you should already have a list of characters, so you probably know what it is.
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JaneD
Sweden
Local time: 15:34
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JaneD, thanks a lot for helping me out!
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5Some of you shove some earth together and put some rocks around it...
JaneD
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Some of you shove some earth together and put some rocks around it...


Explanation:
The last word isn't "Cut off", it's a name beginning with C (or K). By this far into the film you should already have a list of characters, so you probably know what it is.

JaneD
Sweden
Local time: 15:34
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PRO pts in category: 4
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JaneD, thanks a lot for helping me out!
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Kato


Explanation:
As Jane says, it is the name of a person the captain is giving an order to.

The cast is given in the Wikipedia entry:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hold_Back_the_Night

There is a character called Kato played by Stanley Cha.

Mark Nathan
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