get over接受並放下

被兒子說瘋，她不駁斥，只順著臺階自嘲，母子間的默契全在這句。

It's sadder/harder for me, because ...

用自嘲回敬抱怨時用；家人朋友間玩笑合適，對不熟的人說會顯得陰陽怪氣。

It's worse for me, honestly. ／ I am the one who has to put up with it.

口語

though 後略停，because I have to 弱讀，crazy person 重讀。

It's harder for me; I have to share a kitchen with him. 我更難受，我得跟他共用廚房。

用一句輕描淡寫的傻事，說透一個孩子被教成了什麼樣。

It took someone + 時間 + to get over ...

講某人花了多久才消化一件事時用；敘述過去、解釋性格都適合。

It took her months to accept the news. ／ He needed a year to get past it.

中性

took him 連讀，to get over 輕快帶過，not blond 重讀。

It took me a week to get over the surprising result. 這個意外結果，我花了一週才消化。

一句總結把親情壓成唯一剩下的東西，平靜裡全是重量。

In the end, that's all you have.

總結經歷或勸人看開時用；語氣偏感慨，正式演講也常見。

When all is said and done, that is it. ／ At the end of the day, that is all there is.

literary

In the end 略停，that's all you have 逐詞放慢收尾。

After the career and the money, family is all you have. 事業和錢都過去了，到頭來剩下的就是家人。

把活著的人說成鬼，一句話說盡戰時被抹去的存在感。

Perhaps we're all ... now.

發出帶著悲觀的感慨時用；文學或深夜談心合適，日常閒聊會顯得沉。

Maybe we are all just shadows now. ／ We might all be invisible already.

literary

Perhaps 輕起，all ghosts now 三詞放緩，句尾下沉。

Perhaps we are all tired ghosts by December. 到了十二月，也許我們都成了疲憊的鬼魂。

把'活著'定義成一種勝利，安慰立刻變成了宣戰。

They'll never win. That's the power you have.

鼓勵身處劣勢的人時用；語氣堅定，適合朋友或團隊打氣。

They cannot beat you. That is your strength. ／ That refusal is your power.

中性

never win 重讀，That's the power 稍頓，you have 收得穩。

They can pressure us, but they will never win. 他們能施壓，但永遠贏不了。

把'活下去'拆成一天一天，抵抗就成了具體可執行的命令。

They didn't get you ... You make tomorrow the same.

鼓勵人撐過難關時用；結構像口號，適合寫在卡片或當面打氣。

They missed you today; make tomorrow just as boring. ／ Keep tomorrow exactly the same.

literary

yesterday or today 平行重讀，make tomorrow the same 逐詞用力。

They did not get you today; make tomorrow the same. 今天他們也沒能擊垮你，明天也這樣撐過去。

五個詞把'照常活著'說成最倔強的抵抗，收束全章。

Tomorrow must be the same.

給自己或別人定一個堅持的目標時用；簡短有力，適合簽名、打氣。

Tomorrow has to look just like today. ／ Keep tomorrow the same.

literary

must 重讀，the same 兩詞連讀不下沉到底。

After the setback, tomorrow must be the same. 受了挫折，明天也照舊堅持下去。