bedside manner對病人的態度

用一句無法反駁的普遍真理給傲慢壓上陰影，for us all 把死亡拉成所有人的終點。

Death comes for us all.

提醒別人或自己誰都無法逃避某個結局時用，語氣冷靜。

No one outruns the end. ／ Death keeps no favorites.

literary

death comes 連讀，for us all 放慢一字一頓收。

Every deadline catches up with us eventually, so start tonight. 截止日期遲早會追上每個人，今晚就開始吧。

Old age catches up with us all, even the fastest runners. 歲月會追上每一個人，跑得最快的人也一樣。

把身份認同壓成一句拒絕，no one's 剷平所有歸屬，驕傲和孤獨同時出現。

I am no one's something.

拒絕被貼標籤、被歸屬於任何人時用，語氣強硬。

I don't belong to anyone. ／ Nobody owns me.

中性

no one's 連讀，lap cat 放慢加重收尾。

I am no one's pawn in this office fight. 這場辦公室爭鬥裡，我誰的棋子都不是。

I am no one's backup plan. 我誰的備胎都不是。

用被動結構把愛戴說成既成事實，先亮身份再補誇讚，自信到近乎自負。

I am someone, loved by one and all.

半開玩笑地自誇受歡迎時用，帶誇張的舞臺感。

Everyone loves me, obviously. ／ I'm the one they all adore.

literary

loved by 連讀，one and all 輕輕收。

I am the office baker, loved by one and all. 我是辦公室的麵包師，人見人愛。

He is the neighborhood dog, loved by one and all. 它是社群裡的狗，人見人愛。

病人不面對死亡，反而點評醫生的服務態度，用日常抱怨消解最沉重的訊息。

You've got to work on your ...

半認真半吐槽地指出別人待改進之處時用。

Your people skills need work. ／ You might want to soften how you say things.

口語

really got to 連讀，bedside manner 放慢收。

You've really got to work on your email tone. 你真得改改你發郵件的語氣。

You've really got to work on your parking skills. 你真得練練你的停車技術。

假裝意外的固定句式一出場就自帶戲劇感，把一次見面變成一場揭曉。

If it isn't someone himself.

見到意料之中或久仰的人時半開玩笑地開場說，別在嚴肅會面裡用。

Well, well, look who's here. ／ Speak of the devil.

口語

Well, well 停頓，if it isn't 連讀，himself 加重收。

If it isn't the man himself, finally off the phone. 這不是本人嗎，終於打完電話了。

If it isn't the traveler himself, back from the mountains. 這不是那位旅行家本人嗎，從山裡回來了。