這場戲：前妻回編輯部辭行
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希爾迪回《晨報》編輯部，要和前夫沃爾特當面告別、說她準備再婚走人。沃爾特一邊擺佈州長赦免案，一邊轉頭承認 double-cross（背後擺人一道）了州長，又翻舊賬：答應不鬧離婚，怎麼又 gum up the works（把事攪黃）？想學舊情人那種又損又黏的英語，這場戲句句能用。
❝ 獨白 · 4 句 舊賬翻不完：gum up the works（把事攪黃）
something between us 我們之間的某種東西gum up the works 把事攪黃the well runs dry 井都幹了Not to brag 不是吹牛
希爾迪回到《晨報》編輯部，穿過熱鬧的新聞編輯室，走進前夫沃爾特的辦公室，準備告訴他：自己要再婚，要徹底離開報社。沃爾特卻正忙著政治交易——州長沒簽赦免令，他揚言要給州長打電話，拿支援競選參議員來換，還笑稱自己是頭一回 double-cross（背後擺人一道）州長。兩人鬥起嘴來：他問我離開多久了，她說四個月；她怪他當初答應不爭離婚，卻又 gum up the works（把事攪黃）。三個表達最值得學：double-cross 是背後擺人一道，gum up the works 是把好好的事攪黃，make a sucker out of someone 是把人當冤大頭耍。吐槽舊賬、職場甩鍋、跟老友互損都用得上。
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。
“Even ten minutes is a long time to be away from you.”
哪怕十分鐘，離開你也太久。
把短暫的分別說成漫長的煎熬，一句就把熱戀的分量稱了出來。
Even ... is a long time to ...
對戀人或家人說捨不得分開時用；對同事或生人說會顯得黏人。
Even a day apart feels too long. ／ Ten minutes without you is already too much.
中性
Even 重讀，a long time 放慢，句尾輕輕收。
Even one night away from the kids feels long. 哪怕離開孩子一晚，也覺得很久。
“If I didn't remember it, I wouldn't have divorced you.”
我要是不記得，就不會跟你離婚了。
用一句反事實把恨意和記得綁在一起，越是否認越見舊情。
If I didn't ..., I wouldn't have ...
對過去的事做反事實解釋時用；正式書面裡也可，但語氣偏冷靜。
If I had forgotten, I would have stayed. ／ Had I not remembered it, we would still be married.
中性
didn't 輕讀，wouldn't have 連成一串，重音落在 divorced。
If I didn't care, I wouldn't have called you. 我要是不在乎，就不會給你打電話了。
“We've got something between us nothing can change.”
咱們之間有些東西，什麼都改不了。
把說不清的關係說成一件改不動的東西，篤定又有餘味。
We've got something between us ...
對舊友、舊愛談那段改不掉的關係時用；正式場合少用這句。
There's something between us that never goes away. ／ Some things between us are here to stay.
口語
something between us 連讀，nothing can change 放慢收尾。
We've got something between us that time can't touch. 咱們之間有樣東西，時間也碰不動。
“I often wish you weren't such a stinker.”
我倒常希望你沒這麼混蛋。
把嫌棄包在偏愛裡，罵得親暱，是舊情人之間半嗔半愛的典型一句。
I often wish you weren't such a ...
對舊情人或很熟的朋友又氣又笑時用；對剛認識的人或長輩說會真的得罪人，別用。
I sometimes wish you weren't so stubborn. ／ I often wish you were a little nicer.
口語
often 輕讀，weren't 咬重，stinker 拖一點帶笑意。
I often wish you weren't such a terrible driver. 我倒常希望你別把車開得這麼嚇人。
“After we get the reprieve, we'll be Democratic again.”
等我們拿到赦免令，我們再變回民主黨。
把政治立場當成隨時可換的外套，一句自嘲戳穿了報紙的黨派算計。
After we ..., we'll be ... again.
諷刺某人為利益隨時改立場時用；正式場合對當事人當面說會太沖。
After the election, we'll be friends again. ／ We'll be whatever we need to be after the vote.
口語
After 起句稍快，Democratic 重音在 cra，again 輕降。
After the contract is signed, he'll be our best friend again. 合同一簽，他又會變回我們的好朋友。
Nonsense, you've got an old-fashioned idea divorces last forever. "Till death do us part". Divorce doesn't mean anything nowadays. Just a few words mumbled over you by a judge. We've got something between us nothing can change.
胡說，你這觀念太老派了，以為離了婚就一輩子算數。 「直到死亡把我們分開」。如今離婚根本不算什麼。 不過是法官衝你咕噥幾句罷了。 咱們之間有些東西，什麼都改不了。
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下一章 · 02hard feelings記恨這場戲：到報社提出辭職意思是「把好好的事攪黃」。這裡希爾迪怪沃爾特，明明答應不爭離婚，轉頭又在背後使絆子，把這件本該順利的事搞砸了。
可以說 double-cross。沃爾特說自己頭一回 double-cross 了州長，就是嘴上答應、背後反悔，把對方擺了一道。
意思是「把某人當冤大頭耍」。沃爾特說厄爾·威廉斯一死，就等於把報社這些人耍成冤大頭，白忙一場還被人看笑話。
是催人快點、別磨蹭的口語，語氣略急但不粗魯。編輯催稿、催同事動作快點時常用，等於「麻利點」。
這句裡不是炫耀自己本事，而是「我自己報上名就行」，不用前臺通報。horn 是喇叭，blow your own horn 本義是自吹自擂，這裡玩了個字面梗。
