put on a spread擺出一大桌豐盛的飯菜

先接住對方炫耀的榮譽，再用一句短到極致的補充把自豪感拆穿，損人損得又快又幹淨。

So was ... Not twice.

別人拿成績炫耀、你想不動聲色地壓回去時用。

So did someone far worse. ／ Impressive, but hardly unique.

口語

So was Hitler 平淡帶過，Not twice 兩詞一頓收尾。

So did a lot of terrible people. Most weren't honored twice. 很多壞人也都拿過，只是很少被表彰兩次。

Plenty of monsters won that too. 拿過那個獎的壞傢伙可不少。

看到證據被動過就立刻反推出對方早已埋伏，一句短句把輕鬆的氣氛瞬間翻成危險。

They knew we were coming.

發現對方早有準備、自己落入算計之中時用。

They were expecting us. ／ The whole thing was set up in advance.

中性

knew we were 連讀，coming 放慢收尾。

They knew we were on our way. 他們早就知道我們要來。

把搭救說成對方運氣好，既輕描淡寫地邀了功，又順手確認了自己的作用，日常幫完忙這麼說很自然。

Lucky for you, ... we came along when we did.

幫了別人之後半開玩笑地提起自己的及時出現時用。

Good thing we showed up when we did. ／ You were lucky we were around.

口語

Lucky for you 輕快，came along 連讀，when we did 放慢。

Good thing for you we showed up when we did. 幸好我們來得正是時候。

把一句我不記得說得滴水不漏，既否認又不把話說死，老練的官腔全在這句裡。

I can't say that I can recall ...

面對不便直說的追問、想否認又留餘地時用，對上下級都適用；對親近的人這麼說會顯出生分和敷衍。

I cannot recall that ever happening before. ／ I do not remember anything like that.

正式

I can't say 收一下，that I can recall 連讀，ever happening before 平穩收尾。

I can't say that I can recall that name ever coming up. 我可不記得這個名字被提起過。