tell the difference分辨出兩者的差別

既是謙卑也是驕傲：他把威爾放到了與自己並肩的高度。

It's just a handful of people who can ...

說同行稀少、知音難覓時用；自誇成分重，慎用。

Only a few people could ever tell us apart. ／ There are not many of us left.

中性

handful 重讀，tell the 連讀，between 輕快帶過。

It's just a handful of people who can really read these charts. 真正看得懂這些圖表的沒幾個人。

一輩子的遺憾壓在一句沒說完的話裡，越輕越重。

I wish I never ...

表達深深後悔時用；對親近的人說太重，別輕易出口。

Sometimes I wish our paths had never crossed. ／ I wish I had never gotten involved.

literary

Most days 輕起，wish 重讀，句尾拖長收住。

I wish I never got involved in their quarrel. 真希望我從沒摻和進他們那場爭吵。

把天賦的輕描淡寫說成羞辱，一句話就毀掉對方的自尊。

Do you have any idea how ...?

被質疑能力時反擊用；髒話重，正式場合換成 Do you realize。

You have no idea how little effort this takes. ／ This is child's play to me.

口語

any 重讀，how easy 拉長，joke 落得重。

Do you have any idea how easy that part was? 你知道那部分有多簡單嗎？

一句平靜的感慨，替所有被埋沒的人說了話。

Most people never get to see ...

感慨教育和機會不公時能用，適合嚴肅談心，別拿來炫優越感。

Most people never find out what they're capable of. ／ Many talents never get their chance.

中性

Most people 連讀，never get to 弱讀，brilliant 重讀。

Most people never get to see what they could have become. 大多數人永遠看不到自己本可以成為什麼樣。