the envy of讓人羨慕的物件

把剛下殺手的冷酷包進一句體貼話裡，越溫柔越瘮人。

your heart seems to have held up

對剛經歷大事的人半開玩笑時能用；對真正病重的人別說。

You seem to have come through it just fine. ／ That old heart of yours held up well.

中性

seems to have 連讀輕快，held up 稍重，句尾放平收。

After that week of deadlines, my heart seems to have held up fine. 熬過那一週截稿，我的心看來還撐得住。

一句話繞回來，把野心和酸意全暴露了，夠狠也夠真。

be the envy of all the people I envy

自嘲又逞強時能用；正式彙報裡別這麼繞。

I'll be the one everyone envies. ／ They'll all want what I have.

口語

envy of all 連讀，結尾 I envy 輕輕收住。

One day I'll be the envy of everyone who ever doubted me. 總有一天，懷疑過我的人都會羨慕我。

前半句給足面子，後半句一刀切回現實，標題梗也順帶點破。

X is promising, but not that promising.

想客氣否定又不撕破臉時能用；對剛入行的新人別這麼說話會傷人。

The play has promise, but not enough to die for. ／ It is promising, just not that promising.

口語

promising 兩次出現，前一次輕，後一次重讀 that，把否定落在後半句。

Your plan is promising, but not that promising. 你的計劃有前景，但還沒到那個份上。

剛殺了人還像裁判打分，冷到好笑，人物的瘋狂全靠這半句抖出來。

Right on the X. One point for Y.

黑色幽默地給慘事打個分時能用；對正經場合和陌生人千萬別這麼講。

Straight onto the rug. One point for neatness. ／ Perfectly on the carpet, so he scores for tidiness.

口語

Right on the 連讀，rug 重讀，One point 稍停，for neatness 輕快收尾。

The coffee landed right on the report. One point for neatness. 咖啡正好潑在報告上，整潔度加一分。