a sucker for毫無抵抗力

把鴿子跟天主教徒並列，用古怪的比喻說出一套老派的婚姻觀，又認真又好笑。

I think people should ... like ...

認真表達婚姻觀、又不想太嚴肅時用；正式辯論裡別拿宗教打比方。

I believe in staying with one person for life. ／ People should commit the way some birds do.

中性

mate for life 連讀，like pigeons 輕帶過，Catholics 收尾降調。

I think people should travel more, like students on a gap year. 我覺得人應該多出去走走，像間隔年的學生那樣。

用荒誕的建議收束一場爭吵，把辭職說得像一句俏皮話，火氣全在笑點裡。

You should abandon X and ... I quit.

受夠了某件事、想撂挑子又不想太沉重時用；真辭職可別只丟這一句。

You should drop this and do something sane. ／ I'm done; find someone else.

口語

abandon the show 連讀，pharmaceutical 重音在 ceu，I quit 乾脆收。

You should quit that job and open a bakery. I would. 你該辭了那份工作去開家麵包房。換我就這麼幹。

用隱形眼鏡這種小道具寫暴力，兇狠裡帶著喜感，一句就把他的暴躁寫活。

One more X, and I'd have ...

半開玩笑地表達忍無可忍時用；對不熟的人說會被當真，別用。

Say that once more and see what happens. ／ One more word and I would have walked out.

口語

One more 連讀，contact lens 兩個重音，out 乾脆收尾。

One more comment about my parking, and I'd have left. 再對我的停車說一句，我就直接走了。

用“也一樣欠債”攀交情，把特權家庭的表演戳出一個洞，諷刺得不動聲色。

We're normal people. Just like you, we're in debt.

諷刺裝普通的權貴或名人時用；對當事人家屬說會顯得刻薄，慎用。

We're just like you — normal, and in debt. ／ We are ordinary folk; we owe money too.

口語

We're normal people 平鋪，Just like you 停頓，we're in debt 放慢、降調。

We're normal people. Just like you, we're busy and broke. 我們是普通人。跟你們一樣，又忙又窮。