seek out主動去尋找

用誇張玩笑表達關心，把人瘦說成會在座位縫裡消失。硬漢式的親近全靠這個荒誕畫面。

You get any ___, we're gonna lose you ___.

用誇張玩笑關心朋友時用，熟人之間、輕鬆場合，別對不熟的人說。

One more pound and you'll vanish. ／ You're going to slip through the cracks.

口語

any skinnier 連讀，we're gonna lose you 放慢，seat cushions 收。

You get any later, we're gonna start without you. 你再晚一點，我們就先開始了。

把六週和一場講座並排，用反問把天賦說成難以置信，驚歎裡還帶著不服。

You learned enough ___ in ___ to ___?

對別人的神速進步表示驚訝時用，口語、帶調侃，別用於正式稱讚。

Six weeks and you're already lecturing? ／ You picked that up impossibly fast.

口語

in six weeks 停頓，to give a lecture 放慢加重收。

You learned enough French in one summer to argue with the locals? 你一個夏天就把法語學到能跟當地人爭論？

用 get the feeling 把隱約的排斥說出來，既不指控也不嚥下。問得輕，分量很重。

Ever get the feeling ___ isn't entirely welcome here?

委婉表達自己感到被排斥時用，問句形式、語氣剋制，別當眾點名指責。

Do you ever feel we're only tolerated here? ／ Sometimes it feels like we don't quite belong.

口語

Ever get the feeling 連讀，our kind 停頓，isn't entirely welcome 放慢收。

Ever get the feeling your ideas aren't entirely welcome here? 你有沒有覺得，你的想法在這兒並不怎麼受歡迎？

用 there's ... you have to 這種帶指令感的句子，把一次拜訪說得像命運安排。

There's a ___ you have to seek out.

強烈建議對方去認識某人時用，簡潔、帶命令期待，別對不熟的人說。

There's someone you need to meet. ／ You have to go find this one person.

口語

There's a German 連讀，you have to seek out 放慢收。

There's a mentor you have to seek out before you graduate. 畢業前有個導師，你得主動去找他。