worth the trouble值得費這個事

一句點破操縱的本質：熟練地把責任推給你，而不是你做錯了什麼。

Guys like ... always make you think it's your fault.

指出某類人慣於讓人自責、把責任外推時用；對當事人別用，除非你想點醒他。

Some people always find a way to blame you. ／ That is not on you; that is his pattern.

口語

always make you 連讀，your fault 兩詞放慢重讀。

Bosses like him always make you think it's your fault. 他這種老闆，總讓你覺得是你的錯。

把選擇說成成本核算：不是不想要，是沒人夠格，冷靜裡帶點心酸。

None of ... seemed worth the trouble.

說明自己寧缺毋濫、覺得沒人值得投入時用；對正熱戀的朋友別說，掃興。

Nobody seemed worth the effort. ／ I have not met anyone worth the risk.

口語

worth the trouble 連讀，trouble 放慢收尾。

None of the jobs I tried seemed worth the trouble. 我試過的那些工作，好像都不值得費這個事。

六個字把被拒絕後的自我懷疑說透：別人一句話，能在心裡長成罪名。

I just thought it was my fault.

坦白自己曾把別人的問題錯怪到自己身上時用；對還在自責的人別急著反駁。

I assumed the problem was me. ／ I blamed myself for something that was not mine.

口語

I just thought 連讀，my fault 重讀並停頓。

I just thought it was my fault, but it wasn't. 我只是覺得是我的錯，其實不是。

用最平常的未來否定句，說盡失去：不是悲傷的形容，是永遠。

I'll never see ... again.

懷念再也回不去的故人或地方時用；在剛喪親的人面前別拿來比較，容易傷人。

That face is gone from my life for good. ／ There is no next time with him.

口語

I'll never 連讀，see ... again 中間稍停，again 放慢。

I'll never see my old neighborhood again. 我再也見不到我的老街區了。