in your image照你的樣子

前半句還在說交情，At least 一轉，二十年的信任當場塌了。

I knew him for ... . At least, I thought I did.

發現看錯一個人時用；追悼或安慰的場合說這句會顯得只想著自己。

I knew him for years, or thought I did. ／ Twenty years, and I still had him wrong.

中性

for 20 years 連讀，At least 前停一停，I thought 輕收。

I worked with her for years. At least, I thought I knew her. 我跟她共事多年。至少，我以為我瞭解她。

Suppose 起頭把猜疑放成一片陰影，fools like us 把自己也搭進去。

Suppose someone was ... all the time?

懷疑自己被矇在鼓裡時用；對當事人說可能引發爭吵，想清楚再說。

What if he was laughing at us the whole time? ／ Maybe we were the joke all along.

口語

Suppose he 連讀，fools like us 重讀，句尾上揚。

Suppose they were laughing at us the whole time? 萬一他們一直在笑話我們呢？

兩段祈使句越說越急，in your image 點破：你只是在造一個自己要的哈里。

stop making someone in your image

制止別人按自己意願改寫逝者或事即時用；口氣很衝，正式場合換溫和說法。

Stop turning him into yourself. ／ Don't remake him in your own image.

口語

For heaven's sake 連讀，in your image 三詞一頓。

Stop making the past in your image. 別再按你的樣子改寫過去了。

real 和 just 一頂一放，把兩人各佔一半的哈里還原成一個完整的人。

Someone was real. Not just ...

替被貼標籤的人說話時用；對悲傷的家屬說這句要格外輕。

He was a person, not just our roles for him. ／ Harry was more than a friend or a lover.

中性

was real 重讀，just 稍頓，my lover 輕落。

She was real. She wasn't just the office manager. 她是個活生生的人，不只是辦公室主管。

三個從句自嘲到底，把作家光環拆成酒和姑娘，反而有點可憐。

I'm just a ... who ... and ...

自嘲、把自己往低處放時用；求職或自薦場合這樣說會真的掉價。

I'm only a scribbler who drinks and chases women. ／ Just a pulp writer with a drink problem.

口語

just a 輕讀，drinks too much 連起來，girls 收尾稍揚。

I'm just a cook who burns toast and loses receipts. 我不過是個烤糊吐司、還老丟小票的廚子。

把人和評價分開，一句話把道德優越感按回去。

A person doesn't change because you find out more.

別人因新料改變看法時用；拿它替惡行開脫就過了，場合要掂量。

Knowing more about someone doesn't make them someone else. ／ New facts don't change the man.

中性

doesn't change 重讀，because 前微停，find out more 輕收。

A friend doesn't change because you find out more. 朋友不會因為你多知道些事就變了。

talk 連說三遍，像錘子一下下敲，把耐心敲沒了。

... and just talk and talk and talk.

被唸叨到崩潰時用；衝家人伴侶說這句容易升級成吵架，慎用。

He just goes on and on and on. ／ You keep talking and I can't stand it.

口語

splitting 重讀，talk 三連要一次比一次快。

He just complained and complained and complained. 他就是抱怨個沒完沒了。