eye someone up打量

把一場財產爭奪說成物歸原主，用反問把道德壓力拋回給對方，yours by right 四個詞既是主張也是挑釁，客氣的句法裡藏著不退讓。

So you're only taking back what is yours by right?

在爭執裡強調自己一方名正言順時用，正式而帶鋒芒。

You're simply reclaiming what was always yours. ／ It's not theft if it's rightfully yours.

正式

So you're only 輕帶，taking back 放慢，what is yours by right 加重上揚收。

So you're only asking for what you were promised? 所以你們只是在要回當初答應給你們的東西？

一句省略主語和動詞的回答，只留時間狀語，for as long as I can remember 把一生的記憶壓進一個短語，平靜裡帶著歲月的重量。

Always in the winter, for as long as I can remember.

描述延續多年的家族習慣時用，書面、帶懷舊。

Every winter, for as long as anyone can recall. ／ It's been our winter ritual for a lifetime.

中性

Always in the winter 平起，for as long as 輕帶，I can remember 放慢收。

Always at Grandma's house, for as long as I can remember. 打我記事起，過節的去處總是奶奶家。

三個短句串成一個動作鏈，節奏越來越快，最後用 that was it 收尾，把睡著這件事說得輕巧又好笑，寫出老年人的疲憊與可愛。

I did X, did Y, and that was it.

輕描淡寫地交代一件事的經過和結果時用，口語。

I sat down for a minute and the next thing I knew it was dark. ／ One moment I was reading, the next I was asleep.

口語

I laid down 輕起，shut my eyes 停頓，and that was it 平收。

I sat down to read for a minute, closed my eyes, and that was it. 我坐下想看一分鐘書，一閉眼，就睡過去了。

用 not the first 輕巧地點出對方的職業習慣，誇裡帶刺，不直接評價人，而是把評判推給被談論的丈夫，既抬了對方也化解了尷尬。

You're obviously not the first X he's met.

調侃對方是老手、順便化解尷尬時用。

Clearly you've dealt with his kind before. ／ He's met your sort more than once.

口語

Ah 輕起，obviously 放慢，not the first journalist 連讀收。

Ah, you're obviously not the first customer who's tried to haggle. 啊，顯然您不是第一個想砍價的顧客。