put up with忍受

一句家常比喻把滿院子贓車說成車行，起手就把任務的麻煩點出來。

But first we gotta get rid of ...

要先把麻煩收拾掉再談正事時用；gotta 很口語，正式場合說 have to。

Before anything else we have to clear those cars. ／ First, let's deal with the cars outside.

口語

get rid of 連讀，looks like 弱讀，句尾降調。

But first we gotta get rid of all these boxes. 不過先得把這些箱子都處理掉。

用虛擬語氣把責任推得乾淨：都怪他們不聽，現在人都沒了。

If they hadn't done what I told them not to do, they'd still be ...

事後追責、說明「本來不會這樣」時用；推卸責任時聽來格外刺耳。

If they'd listened, they'd still be here. ／ Had they obeyed, no one would have died.

中性

hadn't have done 連讀，told them not to 咬字清楚，句尾降調。

If he hadn't touched the wires, the power would still be on. 要是他沒碰那些線，現在還有電。

一句反問把對方的辯解頂回去：滿店死人，你還談什麼理由。

Is that your excuse for ...?

駁斥別人為糟糕行為找的藉口時用；語氣很衝，正式場合換成溫和質問。

Is that how you justify it? ／ That's your reason for going too far?

口語

your excuse 連讀，kill-crazy 重讀，句尾上揚表質問。

Is that your excuse for missing the deadline? 這就是你誤期的藉口？

把矛頭拉回最初的錯誤決定，一句就點出後面所有麻煩的源頭。

You should never have ... in the first place.

復盤錯誤、指出根源時用；對上級說會顯得頂撞，注意場合。

You shouldn't have brought him in at all. ／ That was a mistake from the start.

中性

should never have 連讀，taken him 彈舌，in the first place 分三段。

We should never have trusted that supplier in the first place. 我們一開始就不該信那個供應商。