sit on the sideline袖手旁觀

一句冷峻的旁觀，把桌上所有人的婚姻一併看穿，也讓後面各人的選擇都顯得無可救藥。

Neither of them can stand the person they're married to.

私下評點一段關係、語氣冷淡時用；當著當事人說會很難堪。

Neither one can stand the other. ／ They can barely tolerate the person they married.

正式

Neither 重讀，can stand 輕快，married to 收在句尾。

Neither of them can stand the person they go home to. 他們誰都受不了自己回家面對的那個人。

一個精確到次數的坦白，把墮落說成有刻度的事，比籠統地說常喝醉更可信也更自嘲。

I had been ... just twice in my life.

半自嘲地承認某件事發生得極少卻印象極深時用，口語、帶停頓感。

I've only been drunk twice in my life. ／ That was only the second time I'd ever been that drunk.

口語

had been 輕，just twice 重讀，in my life 放慢收。

I had been late just twice in my whole career. 我整個職業生涯裡只遲到過兩次。

一句話把旁觀者的位置釘死：他早就知道自己是什麼人，也知道別人看穿了他。自嘲裡帶著被識破的坦白。

I know you like to watch. I remember that from ...

被朋友點破、又半承認自己愛看熱鬧時用，口語、帶笑意；正式場合不合適。

I know you'd rather watch than join in. ／ You've always been the one watching from the side.

口語

know 輕，like to watch 稍拖，from college 乾脆收。

I know you like to watch a good argument unfold. 我知道你就愛看一場好架吵起來。

把「什麼都不需要」說得輕描淡寫，反而更像一種倔強的自足；在滿桌酒菜和混亂裡，這句清醒得刺眼。

I feel just as good on ... at all.

禮貌拒絕別人遞來的東西、又想顯得無所謂時用，口語、輕鬆；鄭重場合顯得太隨意。

No thanks, I'm perfectly fine without anything. ／ I do just as well with nothing at all.

口語

No, thanks 乾脆，just as good 連讀，on nothing at all 放慢收。

No thanks, I feel just as good on an empty stomach. 不用了，謝謝，空著肚子我也照樣挺好。