gets his teeth into咬住不放

用咬住不放的動物來寫執拗，一句就把基斯的狠勁和纏勁說透。

Once someone gets their teeth into X, they never let go

形容某人盯上一件事就不肯放手時用，帶點無奈也帶點佩服。

He sinks his claws in and won't let go. ／ Give him a lead and he'll worry it to death.

口語

Once 起頭輕快，gets his 吞音，never lets go 三詞加重。

Once she gets her teeth into a bug, she never lets go. 她一旦咬住一個 bug，就非揪到底不可。

so…but instead 一頓，把“事與願違”寫得又準又疼。

We did X so we could Y, but instead of that it's doing the opposite

說好心辦了反效果、越想靠近越疏遠時用，講感情或合作都行。

We wanted to close the gap, and it only widened. ／ The plan to keep us close is what drives us apart.

中性

so 揚起來，instead of that 一頓，pulling us apart 放慢。

We hired more help so we could rest, but instead of that it's pulling us apart. 我們招人本想鬆口氣，結果反倒把團隊扯散了。

短句連擊，把恨意砸實：先說恨透，再給出唯一理由。

I loathe someone because they did X. They did it for Y

表達強烈厭惡並點破對方動機時用，比 I hate 重得多。

I can't stand her, and she did it purely for gain. ／ She did it, and money was the only reason.

正式

loathe 重讀拉長，because 後不換氣，do it 兩處乾脆。

I loathe him because he did it, and he did it for the promotion. 我恨他，因為他就是這麼幹的，為了升職。

先否掉外敵，再把恐懼轉回兩個人身上，三個短句層層收窄，狠在最後一句。

I'm afraid of ... not of ...

感情出問題時說心裡話用，私下對伴侶或摯友說合適，當眾或跟同事別這樣剖白。

It's not him I'm afraid of, it's us. ／ What scares me is what we've become.

中性

not of 連讀，I'm afraid of us 放慢，最後一句收住。

I'm not scared of the move. I'm scared of us. 我不怕搬家，我怕的是我們倆。