humor me遷就我一下

把評價的標準翻了個面：不是缺什麼，而是有什麼。它既是品菜的方法，也是看人看事的態度，提醒人別用想像中的完美去否定真實存在的好。

You go by what's there, not by what's not there.

評價作品、食物或處境時用，提醒把注意力放在已有的東西上，語氣平和。

Judge what is on the plate, not what is missing. ／ Look at what you have, not at the gap.

口語

what's there 重讀，not by what's not there 對照放慢。

You cook with what's in the fridge, not with what's missing. 用冰箱裡有的做菜，而不是想著缺什麼。

用列舉把「高階」拆穿：那些花招不是必需品。它替樸素的表達撐腰，說明剋制本身就是一種選擇，而不是能力不足。

Not everything has to have ..., or ..., or ...

反駁「越複雜越高階」的成見時用，語氣輕鬆，適合評價作品或生活方式。

It doesn't need bells and whistles. ／ Simple can be the point, not the compromise.

口語

Not everything 重讀，liquid nitrogen 放慢，or you know 輕收。

Not everything has to be complicated to be good. 不是什麼東西都得複雜才算好。

把『成就你』說成自己的功勞，一句話既夸人又搶功，前師徒的關係全在裡面。

Someone needed me to push him to ...

半真半假地自居功臣時用；在工作場合公開這樣說會讓人下不來臺。

He always needed a push from me. ／ I was the one who made him reach for it.

口語

always needed me 連讀，push him 重讀，greatness 放慢收尾。

She always needed me to push her to finish. 她總得靠我推一把才肯把事做完。

用 unpretentious 給菜定性，把一頓飯拔高成一種主張，冷靜卻帶著欣賞。

So we're talking about ... food.

總結一道菜或一種風格時用；日常隨便吃一頓這麼說會太文藝。

So the cooking here is honest and plain. ／ This is food without affectation.

中性

talking about 連讀，unpretentious 重讀，simple food 收慢。

So we're talking about honest, unpretentious cooking. 所以說，這裡做的就是樸實、不裝腔的菜。

一句開放式追問，把對方反覆挑刺背後的動機直接攤到桌面上。

What are you trying to do here?

想當面問清對方意圖、又不直接翻臉時用；比 what do you want 更沉一點。

What are you really after here? ／ What is your game here?

中性

What are you 連讀，trying to do 重讀，here 降調。

What are you trying to do here, help or interfere? 你到底想幹什麼，幫忙還是攪局？