這場戲：對比照片發現花壇藏屍
傑弗里斯拿著兩週前的照片，用取景器反覆比對，發現索沃德花壇裡兩株黃百日菊變矮了。他一句 since when do flowers grow shorter in two weeks?（花什麼時候會在兩週裡越長越矮？）點破玄機：There's something buried there（那兒埋著東西）。想學推理時怎麼一步步追問，看這一分鐘。
「從什麼時候起」英語是 since when ...?，反問揪出埋屍線索
take a look 看一眼、瞧一瞧take it down 把某物取下、拿開important change 一處重要的變化grow shorter 變得（更矮）
❝ 獨白 · 4 句 斯特拉的墓地課
用常識一層層拆掉浪漫推理，黑色幽默收得乾脆。
故事發生在紐約傑弗里斯的公寓：他翻出兩週前拍的街坊照片，透過取景器一張張對比，終於發現索沃德那片花壇裡的兩株黃百日菊變矮了——花不會越長越矮，說明土被人翻動過。他斷言 There's something buried there（那兒埋著東西），還推測埋的是 knife and saw（那把刀和鋸子）。斯特拉卻潑冷水：Mr. Thorwald could scarcely put his wife's body in a plot of ground about one foot square（索沃德先生總不能把太太的屍體塞進一英尺見方的地裡）。傑弗里斯決定天黑後 dig something up（去挖出來），但堅持在拿到屍體前不叫多伊爾。想學推理、反問和否定的表達，這些表達很典型。
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。
“Now, since when do flowers grow shorter in two weeks?”
你說，花什麼時候會在兩週裡越長越矮？
一句反問把常理翻過來，比直接說「有古怪」有力得多。
Since when do ...?
用常識反問對方的說法站不住腳時用；對上級說會顯得頂撞。
Since when does that happen? ／ When did flowers ever shrink?
口語
since when 連讀，flowers 重讀，尾音揚起。
Since when do prices fall overnight? 價格什麼時候一夜之間會跌下來？
“There's something, and if I'm right, I think I've solved a murder.”
有點名堂，要是我沒猜錯，這樁殺人案我算是破了。
先壓後揚，把「破案」兩個字壓在輕描淡寫裡，反而更吊人。
There's something, and if I'm right, ...
發現關鍵線索後鋪墊結論時用；證據不足時這麼說會顯得輕率。
There is something here; I think I have it. ／ If I'm right, this solves everything.
中性
if I'm right 輕讀，solved a murder 重讀收尾。
There's something here, and if I'm right, we found the leak. 這裡有情況，要是我沒錯，我們找到洩密點了。
“We're not gonna call Doyle until I can produce Mrs. Thorwald's body.”
在我能拿出索沃德太太的屍體之前，咱們都不叫多伊爾。
一句把傑弗瑞的執拗和冒險全亮出來：沒鐵證絕不回頭。
not ... until ...
表明沒達到某個條件就絕不行動時用；談判裡這麼說等於下最後通牒。
We won't call him until we have proof. ／ I'll wait for the body before I call anyone.
中性
not gonna 連讀，until 後稍停，body 重讀。
We won't sign until the numbers are final. 數字沒定下來，我們就不籤。
“You haven't spent much time around cemeteries, have you?”
你沒怎麼在墓地待過吧，是不是？
用反意問句輕輕拆掉對方的天真，調侃裡帶著點瘮人。
You haven't ..., have you?
用反問點出對方想得太簡單時用；帶調侃意味，對不熟的人別用。
You don't get out to cemeteries much, do you? ／ Clearly you haven't spent time in graveyards.
口語
haven't 吞掉 t，around cemeteries 連讀，have you 輕聲上揚。
You haven't actually read the contract, have you? 你其實壓根沒讀過合同，對吧？
You haven't spent much time around cemeteries, have you? Mr. Thorwald could scarcely put his wife's body in a plot of ground about one foot square. Unless, of course, he put her in standing on end, and then he wouldn't need a knife and saw. No, my idea is she's scattered all over town.
你沒在墓地待過多少時間吧？ 索沃德先生總不能把太太的屍體塞進一塊一英尺見方的地裡。 當然，除非讓她豎著埋下去，那樣他就不需要刀和鋸子了。 不，我的看法是她被撒得滿城都是。
下一章 · 13louse up something搞砸這場戲：為婚戒報警又保人這是反問，字面「從什麼時候起」，實際表示「什麼時候變成這樣了？根本不該這樣」。臺詞用它吐槽花不可能兩週裡變矮。
dig something up。把東西埋進土裡再用 dig up 挖出來，前後正好一對；挖出秘密、挖出舊事也用它。
本義是「到處聞」，比如狗在花壇邊聞來聞去；引申為「四處打探、查探」。臺詞裡指狗在刨土附近嗅來嗅去。
意思是「幾乎不能、絕無可能」，比 hardly 更書面。臺詞說 Mr. Thorwald could scarcely put his wife's body...，就是「他絕不可能把屍體塞進去」。
get into something。想說「想辦法進那套公寓」，就是 find a way to get into that apartment，find a way 加 get into 很常用。
