a pain in the ass煩人精

把荒誕的一天壓進一句話：看直升機的人，也在看鍋裡的醬。

All day long someone has been doing A and B.

講一個人一天到晚重複做某事時用；抱怨的場合最合適，正式彙報裡別用。

He spent all day watching the traffic and the clock. ／ All morning she's been staring at her phone and the door.

口語

All day long 連讀，watching 和 and 輕讀，句尾放平。

All day long he's been checking the door and his phone. 他一整天都在盯著門口和手機。

把一句質問壓到最低音量，反而更讓人心虛。

do you understand what we are involved in?

要對方認清處境、停手時用；對領導或陌生人這樣問會顯得居高臨下。

Do you realize what you are getting us into? ／ Do you understand how serious this is?

中性

understand what 連讀，involved in 的 v 很輕，尾音微升。

Do you understand what you are getting us into here? 你知不知道你要把我們拖進什麼事裡？

三件瑣事排成一句，把亡命的一天說成家常。

I had to do A, do B, then get back to C.

講自己一天被瑣事追著跑時用；輕鬆的場合說才自然。

I had to drop by, finish the job, then rush back. ／ I ran one errand, then another, then hurried home.

口語

had to 弱讀，drive over to 連讀，then 後面稍停。

I had to pick up the kids, cook dinner, then get back to my emails. 我得接孩子、做飯，再回來處理郵件。

把一頂帽子說成飛行必需品，固執裡透出他此刻其實怕得要死。

I never fly without it

講自己的小迷信或必須帶的東西時能用；對同事解釋工作習慣可以，別拿去當拖延藉口。

It is my lucky charm, I never travel without it ／ I can't do this without my lucky hat

口語

lucky hat 兩個詞都重，never fly without it 一氣呵成。

It is my lucky pen. I never sit an exam without it. 這是我的幸運筆。沒有它我不進考場。