get left behind被甩在後面

把催促包成擔心：我不是逼你，我是怕你掉隊。它用「為你好」的語氣說出最難拒絕的一句。

I'm afraid if you don't ..., you're gonna get left behind.

催對方趕緊跟上、用擔心的口吻施壓時用。

If you sit this out, you'll be left behind. ／ I worry you'll get left out of all of it.

口語

I'm afraid 輕讀，get left behind 放慢加重。

I'm afraid if you skip this training, you'll get left behind. 我怕你要是不參加這次培訓，就會被落下。

把失控說成讚美：增長快到沒人跟得上。它讓人興奮，也提醒人已經身不由己。

It's moving faster than any of us ever imagined it would.

形容事情發展遠超預期時用，既驚歎又帶壓力。

It's growing beyond anything we planned for. ／ Nothing could have prepared us for this pace.

中性

moving faster than 連讀，ever imagined it would 放慢收尾。

The project is moving faster than any of us imagined. 專案推進得比我們誰想的都快。

在權力被稀釋的時刻，用一句身份宣告把位置釘住：不是幫忙的人，是管錢的人。

I'm the business end of ...

強調自己在某件事裡掌握實權、負責經營時用。

I handle the money here. ／ I'm the one who runs the business side.

中性

the business end 重讀，of this company 平穩收尾。

I'm the business end of this studio; she makes the art. 這間工作室生意那頭歸我管，她負責創作。

把「他不是我們的人」說成一條正式立場：不是私怨，是身份認定。冷靜的句子，劃出一條不可越的線。

I do not want ... representing himself as part of this company.

正式表態某人不代表團隊、不配這個身份時用，語氣強硬。

He doesn't speak for this company. ／ He is not one of us, whatever he claims.

正式

do not want 加重，representing himself 放慢。

I do not want him representing himself as part of our team. 我不想讓他以我們團隊一員的身份自居。

用一句繞口令式的自嘲把墮落說成規律：越差越喝，越喝越差。輕飄飄一句，把失控交代得清清楚楚。

The more ..., the more ....

自嘲某種越陷越深的迴圈時用，語氣輕鬆。

The worse it goes, the more I drink. ／ Every mistake just pushes me further.

口語

兩個 the more 對稱重讀，中間稍作停頓。

The more tired I get, the more coffee I drink. 我越累就越喝咖啡。