live in the past活在過去

把「關係變好」說成一件會讓人作嘔的事，用身體的反應給感情踩剎車，嫌棄裡帶著好笑的默契。

Let's stop talking. We're about to ... It'll make me vomit.

察覺到關係正要變親密、想用玩笑把它推開時用。

Stop before we start liking each other. ／ We are dangerously close to becoming friends.

口語

about to bond 連讀，make me vomit 逐詞加重收尾。

Let's quit talking before we start bonding. I might gag. 別聊了，再聊下去要交心了，我反胃。

Stop, or we'll actually become friends. Horrifying. 打住，不然我們真要成朋友了，太可怕。

兩個否定句短促有力，嘴上斷得乾乾淨淨，後面卻全是舊日回憶，越是嘴硬越顯出放不下。

I don't miss anything. I don't live in the past.

嘴上堅稱自己早就不念舊時用，往往反襯真實心情。

I am done with all of that. ／ The past is behind me.

口語

don't miss 連讀，live in the past 放慢，兩個否定句之間稍停。

I don't miss a thing, and I don't dwell on the past. 我什麼都不懷念，也不活在回憶裡。

不喊口號，只講一個具體的星期半，把落選的打擊說得有重量，比任何抱怨都誠實。

I stayed in bed for a week and a half after ...

坦白一次重大失敗對自己的打擊時用，語氣平實而沉重。

I could not get up for days after losing. ／ Defeat kept me in bed for a week.

口語

a week and a half 連讀，voted me out 放慢收尾。

I didn't get out of bed for days after they cut me. 他們把我踢出局後，我好幾天沒下床。

拿一個數字把失敗攤在桌上，不辯解也不自嘲，平靜得反而比抱怨更有分量。

That's how many people ... the last time out.

回顧自己吃過的大虧、不想多解釋時用，適合跟熟人掏心窩；對剛認識的人或公開場合說會顯得情緒過重。

That is how many turned against me last time. ／ Look how many people voted me down before.

口語

That's how many 連讀，people voted against me 加速，the last time out 放慢收尾。

That is how many clients walked away the last time out. 上一輪離開的客戶就有這麼多。