how the other half lives看看別人過的闊日子

把沒根據的養生建議說成篤定承諾，越認真越好笑。

if you stopped ..., you d feel ...

勸朋友改習慣時用，語氣要放鬆；對不熟的人說教式建議會招人煩。

If you cut out sugar, you'd sleep better. ／ Quit that and you'd feel much lighter.

口語

you d 弱讀，way 重讀，fucking 壓過去一點。

If you skipped the late coffee, you'd sleep way better. 你要是下午不喝咖啡，晚上會睡得好得多。

先自曝怪癖，再補一句劃界，把養生和失控分得很清。

I'm ..., I'm not ...

解釋自己的怪習慣又不想被當成怪人時用；正式彙報裡說會顯得不專業。

I'm weird, but I'm not crazy. ／ I do this, but I'm not out of my mind.

口語

cleanse 稍重，psychotic 放慢，中間停頓一下。

I'm picky about pens, but I'm not impossible. 我對筆是挑，但還沒到難伺候。

用遞進的句式把沉迷寫得文縐縐，越剋制越饞人。

each X is better than the previous X

誇食物、音樂或劇集越來越上頭時用；正式報告裡形容資料不合適。

Every bite tops the last one. ／ It gets better with each bite.

literary

each 輕，better 重讀，previous 三個音節要清晰。

Each spoonful is better than the previous spoonful. 每一勺都比上一勺更好吃。

把一項體貼的安排說成前戲，嘴上是拆臺，底下全是照顧，越嗔怪越見心意。

Yeah right. This is the much needed ...（先說反話拆臺，再補一個更誇張的定論）

跟熟人調侃、故意把別人的好意說成別有目的時能用；對長輩或正式場合不要這麼說，容易失禮。

Sure, this is exactly what we needed. ／ Yeah, this is the foreplay we were waiting for.

口語

Yeah right 要連得快又帶停，much needed 重讀，foreplay 輕聲收尾。

Yeah right, this is the much needed warm-up before the drive. 得了吧，這就是開車前最需要的那點暖場。