cut it out別鬧了

標準的家長警告句，條件加後果一次說完，語氣不容商量又好記。

If you don't stop ..., you won't have ...

勸孩子或熟人別吃太多零食時用，熟人間很自然；對長輩說會像管人。

If you keep snacking, you won't want dinner ／ Stop filling up on chips or you'll spoil your meal

中性

don't stop eating 連讀，appetite 重音在第一音節。

If you don't stop drinking soda, you won't sleep tonight. 你再不停下喝汽水，今晚就睡不著了。

用 just as well 把拒絕說成建議，越客氣越像在拖，真相被推到了下一站。

It will be just as well if you ...

想委婉阻止別人做某事時用，辦公或客套都行；被拖著的人往往聽得出來。

It might be better to wait until later ／ You may as well leave it until we arrive

正式

just as well 連讀，Lepingsville 重音在前。

It will be just as well if you hold that email until morning. 那封郵件你還是壓到明早再發為好。

先甩一句 cut it out 壓住對方，再丟擲追問，又把不耐煩和委屈合在一句裡。

Come on now, cut it out.

熟人開玩笑過頭或胡攪時叫停，很直接；對上司或陌生人會顯得衝。

Enough, stop it ／ Knock it off, will you?

口語

cut it out 連讀，Why can't I 升調追問。

Come on, cut it out; that's not funny. 行了，別鬧了，一點也不好笑。

一串遲疑和填充詞把少女的試探演真了，她想開啟的話題藏在吞吞吐吐裡。

Have you ever seen ...?

想聊一個不太好開口的話題時用，熟人間可；正式場合這種遲疑會顯得沒準備。

Have you ever watched any foreign films? ／ Do you ever watch those, you know, subtitled films?

口語

Have you ever 連讀，um 處真正停頓。

Have you ever seen any of those old black-and-white films? 你看過那種老黑白電影嗎？