Haven't the slightest idea一點概念都沒有

用 as such 把對方的籠統措辭拆開，一句辯解同時是對提問方式的駁斥。

X never had anything to do with Y as such.

需要嚴格界定關係、拒絕被籠統歸類時用，正式而寸步不讓。

He was never part of it, strictly speaking. ／ Not with the organization itself, no.

正式

anything to do with 連讀，as such 放慢加重收。

Our team never had anything to do with that vendor as such. 我們團隊和那家供應商本身從沒有過關係。

表面在給證人自由，實際設了一個無從迴避的局，禮貌背後全是算計。

You can answer that any way you wish.

盤問中看似寬容地讓對方自行作答、實則逼其表態時用。

Answer however you like. ／ Take it any way you want.

正式

answer that 連讀，any way you wish 放慢收。

You can answer that any way you wish, but I still need a clear yes or no. 你可以隨意怎麼回答，但我還是需要一個明確的是或否。

用一句坦白承認過去的自己，與現在切割，比辯解更有分量。

In the days when I was ..., I thought ...

需要說明自己想法早已改變、與過去立場切割時用，坦誠而剋制。

Back when I was involved, I saw it differently. ／ I thought otherwise in those days.

中性

in the days when 連讀，two things 放慢收。

In the days when I was a student, I thought that rule made sense. 我當學生那會兒，還以為那條規矩是合理的。

羅布用帶刺的分類問題逼人表態，律師的尖刻全在這一句裡。

X and your plain old regular Y?

當有人把複雜的事情硬分成兩類、逼你二選一時，可以用這種帶諷刺的反問複述他的邏輯。適合辯論或朋友間抬槓；對長輩和正式場合不能用，顯得失禮。

So which is it, the fancy kind or the ordinary kind? ／ Are we talking the real ones or the watered-down kind?

口語

Intellectual 咬準多音節，Commie 帶輕蔑的降調。

Serious runners and your plain old regular joggers? 認真的跑者，還是你那種隨便跑跑的普通人？