come to find out事後才知道

磅數和學名把巨獸變成一個具體的問題，不是空喊勇敢。

How do you prepare yourself for...?

難事當前，用來問自己或同伴準備了什麼；別拿去逼剛受驚的人。

How do you get ready for...? ／ What does it take to face...?

中性

重音放在 prepare 和數字上，問號輕輕往上送。

How do you prepare yourself for a panel that already thinks you are too young? 一屋子人已經覺得你太嫩，你要怎麼準備走進去？

多年經驗剛被說成鐵門檻，這句口頭禪拆掉的是自己原先的碩士預想。

Come to find out, it is more about...

跟朋友講預期翻車時用；向客戶介紹規章、寫正式說明別用。

Turns out, it was more about... ／ It turned out to be less about...

口語

前四個詞快帶過，personality 上停一下。

Come to find out, the night shift cared who stayed late, not who wrote the cleaner plan. 後來才發現，夜班看的是誰留到最後，不是誰的計劃寫得更乾淨。

不說有點緊張，整句把怕說到判斷力都飛了的程度。

I was scared out of my wits.

跟熟人講第一次嚇破膽；寫報告或對上級只說自己很緊張。

I was scared to death. ／ I was frightened out of my mind.

口語

Oh 輕出，scared 加重，句尾收住別上揚。

I was scared out of my wits when that truck swung into my lane. 那輛卡車拐進我的車道時，我嚇得不知道方向盤該往哪打。

home 從房子挪進眼睛，對視就變成裡面有人。

When you..., you know...

感嘆眼神里忽然有個誰時說；問人在不在家、談房子別用。

You can tell someone is in there. ／ There's a person behind those eyes.

literary

eyes 後面停一拍，home 落下去。

When you sit with him after the news, you know the old calm has left. 壞訊息之後你陪他坐著，就知道那種老的平靜已經不在了。

不誇鯨好不好，只用從未有過給多年相處下判斷。

It's a ... like I've never had.

對很親的人總結一段獨一無二的關係；剛認識或談合作別說。

Nothing else has felt like this. ／ I've never had a bond like it.

中性

relationship 拉長，never had 稍快後輕收。

It's a friendship like I've never had, even with the years we didn't call. 就算多年沒打電話，這也是我從沒碰到過的那種友誼。