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重複的 I've been 把恐懼和孤單一層層疊上來，最後落在沒有朋友也沒有錢。

I've been ... . I've been ... .

向人傾訴自己一段時間的處境時用；正式彙報裡別這麼反覆，會顯得太情緒化。

I've been scared and on my own. ／ I've been frightened and completely without support.

中性

I've been 連讀成一句，句尾下沉收住。

I've been worried. I've been alone without anyone to call. 我一直擔心。身邊連個能打電話的人都沒有。

用 grew up 把世界擬人化，一句話替一個不肯長大的人開脫。

The world grew up around someone, that's all.

替人辯解、把責任推給環境時用；對長輩或上司說顯得在推責，別隨便用。

The world moved on around him. ／ Everyone else grew up; he just stayed put.

literary

grew up 連讀，around him 輕快帶過，that's all 輕輕收。

The world grew up around him, and he never had to change. 世界在他身邊長大了，他根本不用變。

短句安慰卻帶了斷言，越溫柔越像替對方做主。

You'll ... again.

安慰失戀的人時用；對方還沒走出來就下這種斷言，容易招人煩。

You will love someone else one day. ／ You'll find someone new.

中性

You'll 縮讀成一句，fall in 連讀，again 稍重。

You'll laugh again, I promise. 你還會再笑的，我保證。

兩個否定疊成反問，把勸的人頂回去，情緒全在 don't 裡。

Don't you see I don't want to?

被勸、被誤解時反問用；對不熟的人這樣頂會顯得衝，場合要挑。

Can't you see that I don't want to? ／ Why can't you see I have no wish to?

口語

Don't you 縮成 doncha，see I 連讀，句尾上揚。

Don't you see I don't want to go? 你難道看不出來我不想去嗎？

用一句輕描淡寫的話，把死去的人重新帶回屋裡。

It was just what someone used to say.

發現別人重複了故人舊話時用；喜事場合提起亡者要謹慎，別掃興。

That was exactly his old line. ／ It is just the sort of thing he used to say.

中性

what he 連讀，used to 弱讀成 yoosta，句尾放平。

That's just what my grandfather used to say. 這簡直就是我爺爺過去常說的話。

明明是拒絕，卻不直說，借一句勸告把對方的感情擋回去。

You ought to find yourself a ...

被追求又不願明說時用；對剛認識的人這樣說容易被當成挑逗，別亂用。

You should go and find someone. ／ You ought to get yourself a girlfriend.

口語

You know 輕帶，ought to 弱讀成 oughta，girl 稍重。

You ought to find yourself a hobby. 你該給自己找點愛好。