get your hands on弄到手

一句反問把嫌疑原樣彈回去，越平靜越顯得胸有成竹。

If I was X, would I ...?

被人冤枉、想反問對方時用；對上級或長輩別用這種咄咄逼人的口氣。

If I were guilty, why would I explain my own method? ／ Would a guilty man tell you how he did it?

中性

先重讀 ridiculous，If 後稍頓，句尾 would I 上揚。

If I had taken the money, would I still be sitting here? 要是我拿了錢，還會坐在這兒嗎？

不喊不叫，一句'你也有可能是兇手'讓在場每個人都不安全。

So you could be ...

順著對方的話往下推、把矛頭指回去時用；開玩笑要分場合。

That means you could have done it. ／ So it could just as easily be you.

中性

So 後微停，could be 連讀，murderer 重音在首音節。

By that logic, you could be the one who took it. 照這個邏輯，拿東西的人也可能是你。

一句交代整局用意，dastardly 一詞把管家的立場也帶了出來。

I gathered you here because ...

向人解釋自己為什麼把大家叫來時用；日常對朋友別用這種鄭重腔。

I brought you all together because ... ／ The reason I called you here is ...

正式

gathered 重讀，because 前稍頓，implicated in 連讀。

I gathered the team here because we all share the blame. 我把大家叫來，是因為這事我們都有責任。

一句話把裝死這步棋講成求生本能，推理清楚又讓人後背發涼。

His best hope of ... was to ...

分析某人處境、判斷其選擇時能用；安慰失意的朋友時不要這麼冷靜。

His only hope was to pretend he was already dead. ／ Pretending to be dead was his best chance.

正式

best hope of 連讀，pretend to be dead already 逐詞壓低。

His best hope of keeping the deal was to pretend he had already signed. 他想保住這筆生意，唯一的辦法就是裝作已經簽了。