in your hands由某人掌控

Anyone would think 把集體錯覺說成一樁事實，再拿 lunatic 收尾，誇張裡帶著冷幽默。

Anyone would think it was + 名詞.

調侃某物荒唐得讓人產生離奇聯想時用，口語、帶誇張，正式場合別說。

You'd swear there was a wild animal in there. ／ It looks for all the world like a madhouse.

口語

Anyone would think 放慢，it was a lunatic 加重收。

Anyone would think they were demolishing the whole street. 誰看都以為他們在拆整條街。

Anyone would think we were running the entire company. 誰看都以為全公司都靠我們運轉。

一個 while 把兩件同時發生的事並置：嘴在動，聲音卻是別人的，畫面即羞辱。

Doing X while someone else's Y comes out.

描寫身份被頂替、動作與結果對不上時的畫面感，書面或敘述場合用。

Her lips move, but the words belong to someone else. ／ She mouths the part while another woman owns the voice.

中性

Moving her mouth 放慢，while Lady Mary's voice 停頓，comes out of it 輕收。

She was waving at the crowd while someone else's track played over the speakers. 她朝觀眾揮手，音箱裡放的卻是別人的唱段。

He was moving his lips while a famous actor's voice came out of them. 他動著嘴唇，傳出來的卻是位名演員的聲音。

把 be trouble 的口語判斷和 right from the start 連用，語氣斬釘截鐵，還帶一點事後得意。

I knew + 人 + would be trouble right from the start.

事後表示早有預感、當年就看出苗頭時用，口語、帶篤定。

I had a bad feeling about her from day one. ／ She was trouble and everyone knew it.

口語

I knew 輕起，she'd be trouble 停頓，right from the start 放慢收。

I knew that flatmate would be trouble right from the start. 我從一開始就知道那個室友會惹麻煩。

I knew this partnership would be trouble right from the start. 我從一開始就知道這次合夥會出麻煩。

先認下事實，再用 but now 把鏡頭轉向對方的感受，短短一句把指責翻成體諒，是爭吵裡最難得的轉向。

True, but now ... also feels ...

兩人一起評判某人、你想提醒對方換位思考時用，平和、有說服力；當眾指責的場合別說，會像和稀泥。

Fair point, but she's hurting too. ／ You're right, and yet she feels humiliated as well.

中性

True 輕起，but now she also feels 放慢，humiliated 加重收。

True, but now he also feels left out. 沒錯，可他現在也覺得自己被冷落了。

True, but now they also feel blamed. 沒錯，可他們現在也覺得被怪罪了。