in my blood與生俱來

希望和絕望同框：連願望都提前認輸，剋制又精準。

I wish I thought ... could ..., but I don't.

對親近的人承認自己已對某段關係失去信心時用；別在對方正努力挽回時拿來澆冷水。

I want to believe they will come around, and I do not. ／ Hope is not the same as expectation.

中性

I wish I thought 連讀，get past it 放慢，but I don't 短促收尾。

I wish I thought my brother could forgive Dad, but I don't. 我真希望我相信我哥能原諒爸，可我不信。

用一個簡單事實反駁對方的偏見：你自己就是那個家養出來的。

But you came from them, so how bad can they be?

當對方一味貶低你的家人或出身、你想用事實溫和反駁時用；別在對方認真訴苦時用。

They raised you, so they cannot be all bad. ／ Judge them by you, at least.

口語

came from them 連讀，how bad 重讀，can they be 上揚。

But you grew up there, so how bad can it be? 可你就是在那裡長大的，那能有多糟？

把疏遠說成地理，而不是感情：不是不愛，是活法不同了。

We're from such different worlds now.

解釋自己和家人或舊友為何漸行漸遠時用；對還在意的人別說得太絕。

We no longer live in the same reality. ／ Time put us in different places.

中性

such different 重讀，worlds now 放慢收尾。

My roommate and I are from such different worlds now. 我和室友現在已經是兩個世界的人了。

把不能說出口的自我說成對家人的負擔，沉甸甸又無奈。

If I told them ..., it would bring shame on them.

向朋友坦白自己因家人眼光而隱瞞人生選擇時用；對不熟的人別隨口說，話題太重。

Being honest with them would cost me their respect. ／ I hide it so they never have to explain me.

中性

If I told them 連讀，bring shame 重讀，on them 壓低收尾。

If I told my grandparents I left the church, it would bring shame on them. 要是我告訴祖父母我離開了教會，會給他們帶來恥辱。