beef with someone跟某人有梁子

把謊言拆到只剩兩成假，反過來說真話反而更可怕。

Every ... has ... to it，每樣東西里都帶著…

聊到謊言或套路時能用；對剛被騙的人別這麼輕描淡寫地說。

Nine out of ten lies are mostly true. ／ There is always a grain of truth in it.

中性

lie has 連讀，80 percent 重讀，句尾 It's scary 壓低。

Every excuse he gives has some truth to it, which is what worries me. 他每個藉口裡都摻著點真話，這才讓我擔心。

五個詞攤開最狠的家醜，不解釋、不鋪墊，刀子一樣直接。

He was ... my wife，他背地跟我老婆…

當面揭穿背叛時用；公共場合或對長輩說會很難堪。

He was sleeping with my wife. ／ He was carrying on with my wife.

口語

He was 弱讀，fucking 重音，my wife 乾脆收住。

He was lying to my sister the whole time. 他一直在騙我妹妹。

把血案說成刮牆灰，冷到好笑的黑色幽默，一句頂一段慘狀。

They're still ... off ...，還在把…從…弄下來

朋友間自嘲倒霉事時能用；對遇難者的家屬千萬別這麼說。

They're still hosing him off the pavement. ／ They're still scraping him off the sidewalk.

口語

still 重讀，scraping him off 連讀，尾音放平像說閒事。

They're still scraping my car off the guardrail. 他們還在從護欄上刮我的車呢。

用一句客套的 It would seem 宣佈撒手，越是禮貌越顯得心涼。

It would seem ...，看樣子…

想客氣地宣佈退出或收工時能用；對還需要你幫忙的人說就是撂挑子。

It seems my work here is done. ／ Looks like I'm done here.

中性

It would seem 連讀輕快，my job is done 放慢加重。

It would seem my part in this is finished. 看樣子我在這事裡的部分已經完了。

一聲挖苦的 ace 把追問變成挑釁，問題卻真把劇情推向下一步。

What's the next move? Where do we go from here?

商量下一步、對同伴半開玩笑施壓時能用；正式會議裡別用 ace 這種稱呼。

So what now, genius? ／ Where do we take it from here?

口語

next move 連讀，ace 上揚，from here 收尾降調。

So what's the next move, boss? We can't wait all day. 那下一步怎麼走，老大？我們不能幹等一整天。

不罵一個髒字，只拿剃鬚刀點他的邋遢，損人損得又輕又準。

There's a new invention. It's called ...，有個新發明，叫…

熟人之間取笑打扮或習慣時能用；對不熟的人或上級這樣損會翻臉。

They invented something called a comb. ／ There's this thing called soap.

口語

There's a 連讀，invention 重音，It's called 輕快帶過。

There's a new invention. It's called an iron. 有個新發明，叫熨斗。