at your disposal聽候差遣

拒絕退錢、拒絕撇清，一句把責任和信念都攬了下來。

Someone will never be well until ...

指出問題的根源在別處時用；日常別輕易對病人這麼說。

She won't get better until the house is dealt with. ／ Nothing will change until this place is cured.

中性

this now 後停頓，until 到 cured 一氣呵成。

The team will never improve until that process is fixed. 那個流程不改，團隊就永遠好不了。

虛擬語氣把多年的怨氣全塞進一句「要是當初」，末了欲言又止。

I could've ... if you'd ...

對舊事表達遺憾或指責時用；正式追責場合要慎用這種口氣。

I would have fixed it if you had let me. ／ It could have been cured years ago.

中性

could've 輕讀，if you'd 連讀，句尾漸漸放輕。

I could've saved the deal if you'd told me sooner. 你要是早點告訴我，那筆生意我就救回來了。

重複的 bright 把追憶寫成了近乎痴迷的凝視，美得發涼。

Her ... was radiant, and that ...

深情描摹一個人時用；寫正式報告或悼詞要更剋制。

She glowed, and that shining hair. ／ Her face was radiant and her hair so bright.

literary

radiant 重讀，第二個 bright 更高更長。

Her laugh was radiant, and that bright, bright smile. 她的笑聲那麼亮，還有那明晃晃的笑容。

一句冷靜的診斷，把希望往後推，也把對方的無知戳破。

It won't be a short process.

提前打預防針、說明事情要花很久時用；對焦急的家屬說語氣要放緩。

This will not be a short process. ／ She is far more ill than you imagine.

正式

won't be 連讀，short process 重讀，than you imagine 收尾。

It won't be a short process, so please be patient. 這不會是個短過程，請耐心點。