cut you in拉你入夥

用一句反問把整段歪理釘在笑點上，是影史最著名的臺詞之一。

X had ..., and what did that produce?

要諷刺某種和平卻平庸的結果時用；正式寫作或安慰人時別套這種譏諷。

So much comfort, and what did it ever give us? ／ All that peace, and what came of it?

literary

democracy and peace 連讀，what did 弱讀，cuckoo clock 一字一頓。

They had every advantage, and what did that produce? Nothing worth keeping. 他們條件樣樣佔優，結果呢？沒一樣拿得出手。

把死亡說成解脫，還給出一句輕描淡寫的理由，冷得刺骨。

The dead are happier dead.

談生死或黑色幽默時用；安慰喪親的人時絕對別用這種話。

Death suits them better than life did. ／ They are better off where they are.

literary

happier 重讀，dead 後略停，poor devils 輕收。

Some people say the old are happier left in peace. 有人說老人安安靜靜不被打擾反而更舒心。

do meet 強調真見面，it is you 把交情講得像一條硬條件。

it is X I want, not Y

要把話挑明、劃清界限時用；對上級或陌生人這樣強調會顯得強硬。

It's you I'm meeting, no one else. ／ I want to see you, and only you.

中性

do meet 重讀 do，it is you 連讀，not the police 壓低。

When we talk, it is you I want to hear, not your lawyer. 咱們談的時候，我要聽你說，不是聽你律師說。

拒絕得乾乾淨淨，把做決定的重量全推回給開口的人。

Don't ask me to ...

拒絕被拖進不義之事時用；對朋友或同事都算重話，得看關係。

I won't be the one to pull the lever. ／ Don't make me the executioner.

口語

Don't ask 連讀，tie the rope 三詞均勻，句尾下壓。

Don't ask me to sign off on this, because I won't. 別讓我給這事簽字，我不會籤的。

一句抽象口號和現實的對照，把哈里的整套歪理壓成一行。

Nobody thinks in terms of ...

批評制度把人當數字時用；日常閒聊裡這樣說會顯得說教。

No system counts people one by one. ／ Nobody here is thinking about individuals.

正式

Nobody 重讀，in terms of 連讀，human beings 放慢。

In big offices, nobody thinks in terms of people's time. 在大機構裡，沒人會一個個去考慮別人的時間。

短句收束調查線，把了解一個人說得像慢慢磨出來的。

I'm beginning to know ...

說自己慢慢看懂某人時用；商務彙報裡可換成 I'm starting to understand。

I'm starting to see what Lime is like. ／ I'm getting to know Lime.

中性

beginning 三個音節別吞，to know 連讀，Lime 清晰重讀。

After a month here, I'm beginning to know the place. 在這兒待了一個月，我開始慢慢摸清這地方了。