這場戲：到報社提出辭職
第 2 章 · 共 18 章 · 5'02"
希爾迪到報社，當面告訴前夫兼前老闆沃爾特：I'm through（我不幹了），還亮出訂婚戒指說要再婚。對方又勸又哄，撂下 I haven't any hard feelings（我一點不記恨），再拿加薪和獨家新聞留人。想學怎麼幹脆地辭職、怎麼用英語說「不記恨」，這段對話最直接。
no longer（不再是）：一句話劃清丈夫和老闆兩個身份
no longer 不再是a novelty to 難得的新鮮事You bet 那當然
❝ 獨白 · 4 句 希爾迪數落記者行當
一連串具體畫面把記者行當的狼狽數落到底，火氣裡有自嘲。
希爾迪來到報社，找前夫兼前老闆沃爾特攤牌：她要再婚、要離開新聞這行。沃爾特不肯放人，一會兒回憶蜜月，一會兒提出 Come back to work on the paper（回來接著在報社幹），說 if we can't get along（要是合不來）就再結一次婚。希爾迪態度堅決，說 I'm through（我不幹了）、The paper's going to have to get along without me（報社得習慣沒我）。沃爾特則強調 I haven't any hard feelings（我一點不記恨），轉頭又拿加薪和獨家新聞誘導，甚至拿訂婚戒指逼她表態。想學辭職、分手這類場合的說法，be through（不幹了）和 hard feelings（記恨）都很實用。
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。
“Suppose we did! That isn't what I got married for!”
就算比下去了！我結婚又不是為了這個！
一句把事業的得意和婚姻的失望對撞，火氣全在反問裡。
That isn't what I ... for!
對方拿成績說事、你要點明初衷被忽略時用；對上級這樣頂會顯得衝。
That's not why I signed up. ／ That isn't what I came here for.
口語
Suppose we did 輕快帶過，That isn't 重讀，句尾落重。
That isn't what I joined the team for. 我加入這個團隊可不是為了這個。
“You are no longer my husband and no longer my boss.”
你不再是我丈夫，也不再是我老闆。
兩個 no longer 把婚姻和職場一刀切開，乾脆得像宣判。
no longer my ..., and no longer my ...
正式宣佈關係或身份結束時用；日常對朋友說會太生硬。
You're neither my partner nor my boss now. ／ Not my husband, not my boss, not anymore.
正式
no longer 連讀，兩個 my 輕讀，and 後稍停。
You are no longer my manager and no longer my problem. 你不再是我的主管，也不再是我的麻煩。
“I want to go someplace where I can be a woman.”
我想去個能讓我做女人的地方。
把職業身份和性別身份的衝突壓進一句願望裡，簡單卻扎心。
I want to go someplace where I can ...
對身邊人說出想換個活法時用；正式場合說會顯得太私人。
I want a place where I can just live. ／ I need somewhere I can be myself.
中性
someplace where 連讀，can be a woman 放慢，句尾下沉。
I want to go someplace where I can start over. 我想去個能重新開始的地方。
“Walter, you're wonderful in a loathsome sort of way.”
沃爾特，你以一種叫人作嘔的方式顯得很迷人。
誇和罵擰在一句裡，道盡愛恨難分的舊婚姻。
you're wonderful in a ... sort of way
對又愛又恨的熟人開玩笑時用；對不熟的人或鄭重場合說會被當成真罵。
You're charming in an infuriating sort of way. ／ He's lovable in a hopeless sort of way.
口語
wonderful 上揚，loathsome 咬清，sort of way 連讀輕收。
He's generous in an annoying sort of way. 他大方是挺大方，就是招人煩。
“We're a team. The paper needs both of us!”
我們是一個團隊。報紙需要我們兩個人！
把工作關係說成拆不開的搭檔，是挽留也是情感綁架。
We're a team. ... needs both of us!
勸搭檔別散夥時用；對已經決定離開的人反覆說會顯得糾纏。
We're a team. Don't break it up. ／ We work best together, you know that.
中性
team 重讀，needs 拉長，both of us 連讀。
We're a team. Don't leave me to run this alone. 我們是一隊的，別丟下我一個人幹。
Peeking through keyholes, chasing fire engines... ...waking people up in the night to ask questions... ...stealing pictures off old ladies? I know all about reporters. Buttinskies running around with no money, and for what?
趴鎖眼偷看，追著消防車跑…… ……半夜把人叫醒來問問題…… ……從老太太手裡偷照片？記者那點事我全清楚。 一幫愛管閒事的窮光蛋到處亂跑，圖什麼？
下一章 · 03take the wind out of someone's sail讓人洩氣這場戲：約見未婚夫暗中試探hard feelings 是「記恨、怨氣」，常出現在 no hard feelings 裡，意思是別往心裡去、不記仇。戲裡有人說 I haven't any hard feelings，就是「我一點不記恨」，分手、辭職都能用。
be through 是「不幹了、結束了」，指一件事或一段關係到此為止。戲裡那句 I'm through 就是「我不幹了」；說人也可以，如 You and I are through。
用 get along。問兩個人處得怎麼樣就說 How do you two get along；說某人走了日子照樣過，用 get along without，如 The paper's going to have to get along without me。
用 work out，常說不定式 It didn't work out，就是「沒成」。談感情、談計劃落空都能用；反過來 It worked out 就是「成了、挺順」。
說 making eyes at someone。戲裡那句 Making eyes at me until I broke down，就是「一個勁兒衝我放電，把我勾得撐不住」，半開玩笑地怪對方主動。
