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一句問到底的笨拙提問，把「心動算不算愛」的困惑全壓進 how do you know。

how do you know (when / if) ...

想問清一件事怎麼判斷時用；語氣直接，對朋友、同事都能說。

How can you tell if you're in love? ／ How do you know it's the real thing?

口語

先輕讀 um，再把 know 和 love 重讀。

How do you know when a friendship is turning into something more? 你怎麼知道一段友情正在變成別的東西？

六個詞把孤單說得很輕，用 hear your voice 比直接說我想你更含蓄。

It's good to hear your voice.

給久沒聯絡的人打電話、對想念的人開口時用，溫柔不肉麻。

It's nice to hear from you. ／ Good to hear your voice again.

中性

good to 連讀，voice 稍微上揚。

It's good to hear your voice after all this time. 隔了這麼久，聽到你的聲音真好。

用 better not be 抓住正在發生的事，隔著門也聽得出癟四的懷疑。

You better not be doing something.

懷疑對方正揹著你做什麼時用；帶警告味，別對長輩說。

You'd better not be lying to me. ／ I hope you're not doing that in there.

口語

better not 連讀，talking 重音在前。

You better not be eating my leftovers right now. 你最好別是在偷吃我的剩菜。

Guess 起頭把抱怨說得像認命，do everything myself 是人人都說過的臺詞。

Guess I have to do something myself.

別人不幫忙、只能自己動手時用；諷刺感強，半開玩笑地說。

I guess it's all on me. ／ Looks like I'm doing this alone again.

口語

Guess 輕讀，everything 和 myself 加重。

Guess I have to cook dinner myself again. 看來又得我自己做晚飯了。

把掉進廁所的手機說成法拉第籠，一本正經的間諜腔反而更荒誕好笑。

They must have known we were doing something and ...

想把日常糗事說成驚天陰謀、故意誇張時用；熟人面前搞笑。

They must have been onto us. ／ They knew we were following them.

中性

must have 連讀，Faraday cage 每個音節都清楚。

They must have known we were hunting for the keys and moved them on purpose. 他們肯定知道我們在找鑰匙，故意把它挪走了。

before it gets all covered 把緊迫感寫得很具體，髒話反而成了笑點。

Get it before it gets all covered with something.

催人趁早動手、否則來不及的場合用；字面髒，朋友間玩笑說。

Grab it before it's too late. ／ Get it before it gets worse.

口語

before it gets 連讀，turds 重讀收尾。

Grab the cake before it gets all covered with flies. 趁蛋糕還沒被蒼蠅爬滿，趕緊拿走。

把「我從沒對人說過」當成鋪墊，話越拖越長，緊張全在這半句裡。

I've never said this to anyone before, but ...

準備說一件難開口的心裡話時用；語氣鄭重，用來給自己壯膽。

I've never told anyone this before. ／ This isn't easy for me to say.

口語

gonna 弱讀，never said this 連成一串。

I've never said this to anyone before, but I'm thinking of quitting. 這話我沒對任何人說過，但我在考慮辭職。