這場戲：喪禮後為棺材吵翻
第 7 章 · 共 16 章 · 3'32"
葬禮剛過，女兒一句 Why did you get such a cheap casket?（你怎麼買了這麼便宜的棺材？）把父親問住。她再問 Couldn't you have splurged on her just once?（你就不能為她捨得花一次錢嗎？），父親卻搬出房車反嗆「這事你可不能 call me to task（抓住不放來追究）」。想學吵架時怎麼用英語「追責又翻舊賬」，這段火力最足。
「就不能為她捨得花錢」是 splurge on
have it your way 隨你便、按你說的來a pine box 松木薄棺、廉價棺木waited on you hand and foot 伺候得無微不至splurged on her 為她奢侈一次
「這事你可不能追究我」是 call me to task
was willing to 願意、肯（去做）go as far as 頂多接受到……the whole shebang 整套、全套東西call me to task 抓住把柄來追究
母親的葬禮剛結束，一家人還在飯桌旁。沃倫先賭氣地丟下一句 Okay, have it your way. You know best, you and your mother.（行，隨你吧，你和你媽都最懂），緊接著珍妮就問：Why did you get such a cheap casket?（你怎麼買了這麼便宜的棺材？）。沃倫辯解自己特意沒挑最便宜的；珍妮不依不饒，說 She waited on you hand and foot.（她伺候你伺候得無微不至），Couldn't you have splurged on her just once?（就不能為她捨得花一次錢嗎？）。沃倫搬出房車反擊，說那是你媽要的 the whole shebang（全套頂配），這你可不能 call me to task（抓住這點來追究）。吵完，蘭德爾夫婦趕回丹佛的飛機，臨走推薦了一本書，一家人用 So long（再見）匆匆道別。
A1–C2 是歐標等級。點一個等級後，比它高的卡片會變淡，播放到那裡不會自動暫停。
“She waited on you hand and foot.”
她可是把你伺候得無微不至。
一個伺候人的老話，把幾十年的付出壓成七個詞，問得越輕，越扎人。
wait on someone hand and foot
替誰鳴不平時用，帶點數落的味道，正式場合和長輩面前少說。
she did everything for you ／ she looked after your every need
口語
hand and foot 連讀，重音落在 waited 和 foot。
He waited on her hand and foot for years. 這些年他把妻子伺候得無微不至。
“Couldn't you have splurged on her just once?”
你就不能為她奢侈一回嗎？
用 couldn't you have 加 just once，把指責裹進反問，比直接罵更利。
Couldn't you have ...?
事後對親近的人追責時用，語氣鋒利，別對長輩或同事開口。
you couldn't spend a little more? ／ couldn't you have treated her once?
中性
Couldn't you 連讀，just once 一詞一頓。
Couldn't you have called her just once before she left? 她走之前，你就不能打個電話嗎？
“No, no, no. You can't call me to task on that one.”
不不不，那件事你不能拿來追究我。
call someone to task 是抓起錯來追問，沃倫用否定擋回去，硬氣裡全是心虛。
call someone to task
被人抓住把柄、你想反駁時用，偏正式，家裡吵架說會顯得端著。
you can't hold that against me ／ don't put that on me
正式
call me 連讀，to task 重讀收尾。
You can't call me to task for a choice she made. 她自己做的選擇，你不能拿這個來怪我。
“Okay, have it your way. You know best, you and your mother.”
行，隨你。你最懂了，你和你媽都最懂。
表面讓步，末句點名把人一起陰陽進去，是冷戰式認輸。
Have it your way.
爭執裡不想再吵又咽不下氣時用；對陌生人或職場同事說會顯得幼稚，別用。
Fine, do whatever you want. ／ You know everything, don't you?
口語
have it your way 語速快，You know best 拖長，尾句壓低帶刺。
Okay, have it your way. You know best, you and the designer. 行，隨你，你最懂，你和設計師都最懂。
下一章 · 08make the best of儘量過好這場戲：給恩杜古寫信報喪「為某人捨得花一次大錢」。珍妮問父親 Couldn't you have splurged on her just once?，就是怪他連給媽媽買口好棺材都捨不得。
have it your way。沃倫說 Okay, have it your way，表面讓步，其實帶著賭氣，下一句 You know best 更是陰陽怪氣。
不是。它是「抓住某人的錯處來追究」。沃倫說 You can't call me to task on that one，等於「這筆賬你算不到我頭上」。
字面是「松木箱子」，也用來指最廉價、最寒酸的棺材。珍妮用 a pine box 諷刺父親捨不得花錢。
「整套、全套東西」。沃倫說妻子非要 the whole shebang，指房車要買最高配那款，什麼都不能少。
