jump at one's own shadow被自己的影子嚇到

冷靜陳述替動物發聲，not just humans 把關懷擴出去。

All ... are affected badly by stress, not just humans.

強調某問題不只影響人類時用，正式而有同理心；別用來輕描淡寫人的痛苦。

This hits animals too, and hard. ／ It's not only people who suffer.

正式

affected badly by 連讀，not just humans 收。

All the birds here are affected badly by noise, not just people. 這裡的鳥都被噪音嚴重影響，不只是人。

把集體疲憊和驚弓之鳥寫得既好笑又心酸。

None of us have either, and we're jumping at our own shadows.

形容大家都累到神經緊繃時用，口語、自嘲；正式彙報或安慰陌生人時別用。

We're all running on empty. ／ Nobody's slept, and everyone's jumpy.

口語

None of us 連讀，own shadows 降調收。

We've had no sleep either, and we're all jumping at our own shadows. 我們也沒睡，個個緊張得連自己的影子都怕。

重複的 hey 先叫人後發難，口語對峙感一下點燃。

What the hell are you saying?

在衝突裡質問對方時用，口語、強硬；正式場合或對長輩不要用。

What on earth are you talking about? ／ Say that again, I dare you.

口語

what the hell 連讀，saying 上揚收。

Hold on, what are you even saying? That's not what I meant. 等等，你到底在說什麼？我不是那個意思。

兩個並列事實直接拆掉偏見，平靜比反駁更有力。

I'm ..., and I was born in ...

用事實回應別人的偏見或質疑時用，語氣平靜堅定；別用來抬槓或攻擊對方。

I'm from here, and I'm also Muslim. ／ Both things are true at once.

口語

born in 連讀，Connecticut 降調收。

I'm a farmer, and I was born in Brooklyn. 我是農民，我出生在布魯克林。

災難夜裡插進離奇喜訊，荒誕與新生同框，讓人失笑。

We are about to have the first ... born in ...

用興奮語氣宣佈一件罕見好事時用，口語、帶喜感；正式公告或悲情場合別用。

This has never happened here before! ／ A first, right in the middle of all this.

口語

about to have 連讀，Newfoundland 降調收。

We are about to serve the first espresso ever made in this town! 我們即將端出本鎮第一杯濃縮咖啡！

匿名帶來的自由被說成一句輕快放縱的宣言，很有共鳴。

Nobody here knows me. I can be whoever I wanna be.

到了陌生地方想重新開始時用，口語、帶點自嘲；別拿它當逃避責任的藉口。

Fresh start, no history. ／ No one knows me here, so anything goes.

口語

Nobody here knows me 連讀，wanna be 上揚收。

In a new city, nobody knows me, and I can be whoever I want. 換座新城市，沒人認識我，我可以做任何想做的自己。