went blank腦子一片空白

把選擇性失憶說得像天氣一樣自然，一個 conveniently 就把諷刺壓滿了。

That part of ... just conveniently ...

諷刺別人「偏偏就忘了」時用；當面說會很難聽，多半是轉述或評論。

That part just slipped his mind, conveniently. ／ His memory conveniently failed him there.

口語

conveniently 拖長重讀，went blank 之前略停一下。

The deadline is the part that conveniently slipped his mind. 截止日期偏偏就是他忘掉的那部分。

後半句 is all that is 一補，等於給前一句的諷刺再釘一顆釘子。

... is all that is.

下結論、拆穿藉口時用；帶著火氣，別用在正式彙報裡。

It's just a memory lapse, that's all it is. ／ Nothing but a convenient lapse, pure and simple.

口語

lapse 稍重，is all that is 越說越輕，句尾下沉。

It's a late bus, is all that is. 不過是公交晚點，就這麼回事。

七個詞就把「明明不是、卻偏這麼說」的委屈和不平壓了進去。

They labeled it as such.

說別人硬給某事定性、貼標籤時用；正式場合可換更書面的說法。

Yet they still called it that. ／ But they put that label on it anyway.

中性

But yet 兩詞連讀，labeled it 連起來，such 收得短。

They labeled it a mistake, though it was their call. 他們把它定性成失誤，可那是他們的決定。

一個 kept 就把被隔離、被切斷訊息的處境說盡，沒有抱怨卻全是怨氣。

keep someone (completely) away from ...

說自己被人為隔開、誰都聯絡不上時用；防疫、保護等中性場合也能用。

They kept me away from everyone. ／ I was cut off from everybody.

中性

kept me 連讀，completely 重讀，away from everybody 快帶過。

They kept the new interns away from the client meetings. 他們不讓新來的實習生參加客戶會議。

輕描淡寫地認了錯，又用 all 把「所有人都搞錯了」這件事擺得明明白白。

We all had the wrong ...

事後復盤集體失誤時用；對上級說也還行，語氣別顯得推責。

We were all working from the wrong information. ／ The whole team had it wrong.

中性

just all 輕讀，wrong information 兩個重音，句尾放平。

We all had the wrong numbers going into the launch. 上線前我們大家拿到的數字都是錯的。