herd into像牲口般驅趕

一句反問暴露了階級之間的隔閡：科學家憑什麼和體力勞動者站在一起。問題問得輕，偏見卻很重。

What do you have in common with ...?

質疑兩個群體之間有什麼共同點時用，可真誠也可輕蔑；對上級慎用，容易冒犯。

What could you possibly share with them? ／ How are you and they alike at all?

正式

have in common with 連讀，farm laborers 停頓，dock workers 放慢收。

What do a poet and a plumber have in common with each other? 詩人和水管工彼此有什麼共同點？

把監聽說成一個具體可聽的動作，再用一句命令收尾。警告裡沒有解釋，只有讓人脊背發涼的現實。

Listen to ... and stop being so ...

嚴厲警告別人別再天真時用，語氣粗暴直接；對陌生人別說這麼重。

Wake up and check your tail. ／ Assume someone is always listening.

口語

Listen to the sounds 連讀，stop being 停頓，goddamn naive 加重收。

Check who can read your messages and stop being so careless. 查查誰能看到你的訊息，別再這麼粗心了。

不辯解、不喊冤，只把受害的物件換一個詞。反差把旁觀和切膚之痛一刀切開。

It's not your people they're ...

指出受害的不是對方而是自己族群時用，剋制但有力；對不瞭解背景的人要先解釋。

It isn't your family they're rounding up. ／ They are not coming for your kind.

口語

not your people 加重，herding into camps 放慢收。

It's not your family they're pushing out of the neighborhood. 被趕出這個社群的不是你的家人。

用 won't even 把保密制度的荒謬推到頂點：不是我不能說，是連說的資格都被拿走了。

They won't even let me ___.

抱怨規定嚴苛到不近人情時用，語氣無奈，別用於正式申訴。

They won't even let me mention it. ／ I'm not allowed to say what it is, let alone show you.

口語

won't even 加重，let me 連讀，what the project is 放慢收。

They won't even let me say the client's name. 他們連客戶的名字都不讓我說。