這場戲：酒吧裡挖角摔跤手
第 14 章 · 共 19 章 · 2'12"
酒吧裡哈里請米基喝一杯，吹噓滿城都在傳 you made Kristo turn tail（你把克里斯托嚇跑了）。可他真正想要的是扼殺者：一句 I'm ready to throw a little business your way（我準備分點生意給你做）之後，價錢從五十鎊開到 200 quid（兩百鎊）。想學怎麼在酒桌上談生意、又面子十足，這段夠看。
滿城都在傳「他掉頭就跑」：turn tail
turn tail 掉頭就跑、夾著尾巴逃all over town 滿城、到處都在throw a little business your way 分點生意給某人做cushy spot 舒坦的處境
「不配跟人比」：isn't fit to（不配做某事）
within ten feet of 離某人十英尺以內isn't fit to 不配做某事turned white 臉都白了、嚇得失色drop in 順路來一趟、串個門
哈里在酒吧請米基喝 gin，一開口就是 what's the good word（有什麼好訊息）。他不放過吹牛的機會，說滿城都在傳 he made Kristo turn tail（他把克里斯托嚇跑了），靠的是 brains and guts（腦子和膽量）。接著他出價買下扼殺者：先說我準備 throw a little business your way（分點生意給你做），被米基識破 ain't in such a cushy spot（處境沒那麼舒坦），最後加到 200 quid（兩百鎊）成交。談完他還提醒米基 Don't look surprised at anything that happens（不管出什麼事都別露出驚訝）。這種酒桌上談生意的口氣，談判、推銷都能用。
A1–C2 是歐標等級。點一個等級後，比它高的卡片會變淡，播放到那裡不會自動暫停。
“Hey, word's all over town that you made Kristo turn tail.”
嘿，滿城都在傳，說你把克里斯托給嚇跑了。
一句街頭傳話就把戰績吹滿，熱鬧又帶點江湖氣。
Word's all over town that ...
轉述大家都在傳的訊息時用；半開玩笑，正式場合別用。
Everyone's saying you scared him off. ／ The whole town is talking about it.
口語
all over town 連讀，turn tail 兩詞重讀。
Word's all over town that you turned down the offer. 大家都在傳，說你把那份報價拒了。
“Why, that clown isn't fit to breathe the same air as Nikolas!”
哼，那個小丑連跟尼科拉斯呼吸同一口氣都不配！
誇張到荒誕的比喻，把輕蔑推到極致，聽著就想笑。
Someone isn't fit to breathe the same air as ...
極度看不上某人時用；侮辱性很強，別在正式場合說。
He isn't worthy to stand in the same room. ／ That man is beneath him in every way.
口語
Why 起頭輕嘆，isn't fit to 連讀，句尾重砸。
That rookie isn't fit to breathe the same air as her. 那個新人連跟她同場呼吸都不配。
“No, no, no, no. I'd do it to oblige you, Beer, but Gregorius wouldn't let The Strangler within ten feet of him.”
不行不行不行。比爾，看在你的面子上我樂意幫，可格雷戈裡烏斯不會讓絞殺者靠近他十英尺以內。
先給足面子再一口回絕，客套和拒絕夾在一起。
I'd do it to oblige you, but ...
想禮貌拒絕又不想得罪人時用；先賣人情再擺難處。
I'd love to help, but it just isn't possible. ／ Happy to oblige, except the old man won't allow it.
中性
to oblige you 連讀，within ten feet 四詞壓緊。
I'd do it to oblige you, but my boss would never agree. 看在你的面子上我樂意幫，可我們老闆絕不會同意。
“I saw Nikolas take one step toward him, your boy turned white and took two steps back.”
我看見尼科拉斯朝他邁了一步，你這小子臉都白了，往後退了兩步。
用一個「進一步、退兩步」的細節把嘴上的勇猛和實際的心虛對著擺，畫面本身就是笑話。
I saw [A] take one step toward him, [B] turned white and took two steps back.
轉述親眼所見、拆穿某人吹牛時用；在當事人面前說等於當眾打臉，要掂量關係。
He talked big, then flinched the moment it got real. ／ One step forward from you and he was already backing away.
口語
take one step 短促，turned white 稍頓，took two steps back 放慢收尾。
I saw the champion square up, and your friend turned white and took two steps back. 我看見冠軍一擺架勢，你朋友臉都白了，往後退了兩步。
下一章 · 15once and for all一勞永逸這場戲：闖進健身房下戰書指掉頭就跑、夾著尾巴逃走，比 run away 更有畫面。片裡說滿城都在傳有人把克里斯托嚇跑了，用的就是它。
可以說 throw a little business your way，語氣隨意又賣好。片裡哈里想請對方出力，就是這麼開口的。
不只是地方，也可以指處境。cushy spot 是舒坦、輕鬆的位置。片裡是反問他現在的處境其實沒那麼舒坦。
都指順路去一趟、串個門，很口語。片裡是招呼對方順路去健身房一趟。
to oblige someone 指幫某人一個忙、賣個人情，常見於客氣的場合。片裡說我樂意幫你這個忙，就是把話講得體面。
