這場戲：酒吧裡談綁架交易
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昏暗的酒吧裡，傑裡一見兩個受僱的綁匪就急著表忠心：I got every confidence here in you fellas（我對你們哥倆百分百放心）。可卡爾不買賬，先嫌 What Shep told us didn't make a whole lot of sense（謝普說的很多地方講不通），再點破 You want your own wife kidnapped（你想讓人綁架自己的老婆）。談買賣想聽出對方拆臺，這幾句很典型。
「都安排妥當了」英語怎麼說？all worked out
a whole lot of 很多、一大堆all worked out 都安排妥當了well-off 手頭寬裕、有錢
開場不久，傑裡在一家酒吧裡見兩個受僱的綁匪卡爾和蓋爾。他要這兩人綁架自己的妻子，好向有錢的岳父要贖金。雙方先對暗號：車是全新的，已經停在停車場；傑裡一句 I got every confidence here in you fellas（我對你們哥倆百分百放心）想趕緊把事定下來。卡爾卻覺得這計劃像 rob Peter to pay Paul（拆東牆補西牆），又指出 You want your own wife kidnapped（你想讓人綁架自己的老婆），還嫌 What Shep told us didn't make a whole lot of sense（謝普說的很多地方講不通）。整段真正在做的是：表面確認交易，其實互相試探。談判、跟人談條件時，這些句子都很有用。
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。
“It's like robbing Peter to pay Paul.”
這就像拆東牆補西牆。
一句老俗語點破整樁買賣的荒唐：借一處還一處，窟窿永遠填不滿。
It's like doing A to do B.
勸人別借新債還舊債時用；正式報告裡最好換成中性說法。
You're just robbing Peter to pay Paul. ／ That's borrowing from one to pay the other.
中性
重音落在 Peter 和 Paul，中間 to pay 輕讀帶過。
Paying that card with this one is just robbing Peter to pay Paul. 用這張卡還那張卡，就是拆東牆補西牆。
“You want your own wife kidnapped.”
你想讓人綁架你自己的老婆。
把整樁交易最冷的一句攤開說，語氣幾乎不動聲色，反而更瘮人。
You want something done.
點破對方真實意圖時用；開玩笑的場合別拿它指人。
You're asking us to take your own wife. ／ Your own wife is the target.
口語
重音在 own 和 kidnapped，句尾下沉收住。
You want your own team cut, and you won't even say it. 你想裁掉自己的團隊，卻連說都不肯說。
“I got every confidence here in you fellas.”
我對你們哥倆是百分百放心。
用一個老派又客氣的說法收場，把心裡的不安藏在熱絡裡。
I've got every confidence in someone.
託付事情、給對方打氣時用；出了事先說這句會顯得虛。
I have complete confidence in you. ／ I trust you fellas completely.
中性
every confidence 連讀，fellas 輕輕收尾。
I have every confidence in this crew to get it done. 我完全相信這個團隊能搞定。
“What Shep told us didn't make a whole lot of sense.”
謝普跟我們說的那套，根本講不通。
一句輕描淡寫把中間人的話全否了，也為後面的翻臉埋了火線。
What someone told us didn't make a whole lot of sense.
聽出對方傳話前後對不上、想留個心眼時用；對當事人直說要有證據。
That story just doesn't add up. ／ What he told you doesn't hold together.
口語
didn't 輕讀吞音，whole lot 連讀，句尾 sense 降調。
The timeline they gave us doesn't make a whole lot of sense. 他們給的時間表根本講不通。
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下一章 · 02a heck of a lot一大堆這場戲：談綁架又向老丈人借錢字面是「搶彼得的錢去還保羅」，意思是拆東牆補西牆：挪一處來補另一處。卡爾用它形容傑裡的計劃——讓妻子被綁架，再拿岳父的贖金補自己的窟窿。
可以說 rob Peter to pay Paul，這是一句老話，直譯是搶彼得的錢去還保羅。凡是借新債還舊債、挪一筆補一筆，都能用它形容。
mix-up 是「搞岔、誤會」，指事情出了差錯、對接錯了。傑裡兩次用 It was a mix-up 解釋車和錢對不上，卡爾回一句 You already said that，就是嫌他老拿這個當藉口。
說 vouch for someone。謝普是中間人，傑裡說 Shep vouched for you and all，強調有人替他們打包票；反過來也可以說 I can vouch for him。
pay in advance 是「提前付款」。傑裡急著強調 it's not a whole pay-in-advance deal，意思是他先交了車，但不想把剩下的錢也提前墊上，想把交易拉回對等的節奏。
