這場戲：夜談婚姻動殺機
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菲莉絲在內夫公寓裡吐苦水：丈夫刻薄、保險全給女兒，一句 No. And nothing is just what I'm worth to him.（我在他眼裡沒分量）。她又提到車庫不關發動機的念頭，內夫潑冷水：They'll hang you just as sure as ten dimes will buy a dollar.（一定會被送上絞架）。想學怎麼用英文勸阻歪主意、勸人回頭，就學這兩句。
❝ 獨白 · 8 句 護士的自述
從想有個家講到恨意，委屈是一層一層壘起來的。
勸人別動歪念頭，一句 haven't got a prayer（一點指望都沒有）
get ideas 動起歪念頭more tricks than a carload of monkeys 花招多得數不清mixed up in it 牽扯進去haven't got a prayer 一點指望都沒有
菲莉絲來到內夫的公寓，兩人親熱過後她開始講自己的事：丈夫迪特里奇森有錢時她嫁了他，她原本是他前妻的護士，如今他刻薄、控制她，連人壽保險也全歸女兒洛拉。她說自己 sometimes you wish he was dead（有時盼他死），又講起那天在車庫裡沒關發動機的念頭。內夫是保險員，接連講了兩樁騙保失敗的案子，還警告她：只要有保險公司摻和，you haven't got a prayer（一點指望都沒有），They'll hang you just as sure as ten dimes will buy a dollar（一定會被送上絞架）。想練怎麼複述經歷、怎麼用英文下狠話勸阻，這些說法都很實用。
A1–C2 是歐標等級。點一個等級後，比它高的卡片會變淡，播放到那裡不會自動暫停。
“No. And nothing is just what I'm worth to him.”
沒有。而一無所有，正是我在他眼裡的分量。
把自己的價值說成一個零，冷到不需要哭。
X is just what I'm worth to him
對傷害自己的人總結處境時能用，冷靜裡帶一點自嘲。
nothing is all I'm worth to him ／ that's exactly what I count for
中性
nothing is 連讀，worth to him 放慢壓低。
No raise again. And nothing is just what my work is worth here. 又沒加薪。而一無所有，正是我在這兒的分量。
“They'll hang you just as sure as ten dimes will buy a dollar.”
他們一定會把你送上絞架，就像十枚一毛錢準能換一塊錢一樣。
用最俗的算術打最狠的保票，俚語裡透著老江湖的底氣。
as sure as X will Y
勸人別冒險時能用，拿一件十拿九穩的小事來擔保後果。
as sure as the sun comes up ／ just as sure as night follows day
口語
as sure as 連讀，ten dimes 重音在前。
It'll backfire, as sure as ten dimes buy a dollar. 這事準要翻車，就跟十枚一毛換一塊錢一樣準。
“So you lie awake in the dark and listen to him snore and get ideas.”
於是你躺在黑地裡睡不著，聽著他打呼嚕，動起了念頭。
把殺意拆成躺、聽、動念三步，平靜得讓人後背發涼。
lie awake and listen to someone and get ideas
描述整夜睡不著的處境能用，先寫動作，最後才點出念頭。
lie awake listening and start to wonder ／ stare at the ceiling and get ideas
中性
lie awake 連讀，get ideas 輕輕收住。
You lie awake in the dark and listen to your own doubts and get ideas. 你躺在黑地裡睡不著，聽著自己的疑心，動起了念頭。
“They know more tricks than a carload of monkeys.”
他們玩的花招比一整車猴子還多。
拿猴子比保險公司，把對方手段多、不好惹說得又土又狠，勸退味兒十足。
know more tricks than a carload of ...
警告對方鬥不過某類老手時用，朋友間打趣可以，正式談判或安慰人時別拿這種比喻。
They're smarter than a barrel of monkeys. ／ They've got more tricks than a circus.
口語
more tricks 連讀，a carload of 輕快帶過，monkeys 重讀。
Those agents know more tricks than a carload of monkeys; don't sign fast. 那些中介的花招比一整車猴子還多，別急著籤。
Yes, he had. And I wanted a home. Why not? But that's not the only reason. I was his wife's nurse. She was sick a long time. When she died, he was terribly broken up. I pitied him so. And now you hate him. Yes, Walter. He's so mean to me. Every time I buy a dress or a pair of shoes he yells his head off. He never lets me go anywhere. He keeps me shut up. He's always been mean to me.
對，那時候有。我想要個家。怎麼不行？ 可這不只是原因。我是他妻子的護士。 她病了很長時間。她死的時候，他傷心透了。 我那時候特別可憐他。現在你恨他。 是的，沃爾特。他對我太刻薄了。 我每回買條裙子、買雙鞋，他就大吼大叫。 他哪兒都不讓我去。把我關在家裡。 他一直對我很刻薄。
下一章 · 08crook the house在賭場做手腳這場戲：用賭場比喻定下殺局不是「有想法」，而是「動起歪念頭、起歹心」。內夫說 So you lie awake in the dark and listen to him snore and get ideas.，就是「你半夜聽著他打呼，就動起了歪念頭」。
haven't got a prayer。prayer 原意是祈禱，這裡指「一點機會都沒有」。內夫說 you haven't got a prayer.，意思是別指望能瞞過保險公司。
字面是「把腦袋都吼掉了」，就是「扯著嗓子大吼」。菲莉絲說丈夫每回她買裙子鞋子就 yells his head off，形容他發火的樣子。
slip on 是「腳下一滑踩到某物」，重點在滑倒的原因；fall 只說「摔了」。內夫講有人 slipped on a cake of soap in his bathtub...，就是踩著肥皂滑倒。
是褒義，表示「很看重、評價很高」。菲莉絲抱怨 He thinks a lot more of her than he does of me.，就是「他看重她比看重我多得多」。
