sooner or later遲早

用城市之大反襯相遇之必然，一句解釋把嘴硬圓得又好笑又心酸。

In a city of ..., you're bound to ...

把一次尷尬的偶遇說成機率問題時用；正式場合這麼說顯得嘴硬。

In a city this big, you're bound to cross paths. ／ You run into everyone eventually.

中性

million people 連讀，bound to 輕讀，ex-wife 重讀。

In a town this small, you're bound to see him again. 在這麼小的鎮上，你肯定會再碰到他。

說半天等於沒說，繞回原話的句式把嫌棄推到誇張，特別逗。

It's so ..., there's no way to ...

想吐槽到詞窮時用；對當事人說會變成挑釁，正式場合別用。

It's so bad I can't even explain why. ／ There's no way to describe how bad it is.

口語

so awful 兩個重音，there's no way to begin 說快帶過。

It's so bad, there's no way to begin to explain it. 那片子爛到根本沒法開口解釋。

一句老派又平常的處世準則，配在哈利的失控之後格外有分量。

There are times and places for ...

提醒對方別不分場合時用；對平輩或晚輩都合適，語氣偏說教。

There's a time and a place for everything. ／ Some things are better saved for later.

中性

times and places 連讀，for things 放輕收尾。

There are times and places for jokes, and this isn't one. 開玩笑得分時間場合，現在不是時候。

看著朋友的新家，忽然看見自己的從前，一句感慨把甜蜜和破碎疊在一起。

You know, it's funny. We started out like this.

過來人回顧舊情、給朋友忠告時能用；正高興的新婚朋友面前說要看場合。

It's funny, we started the same way. ／ You know, we began just like this.

中性

You know 帶嘆氣，it's funny 輕笑，started out like this 放慢，Helen and I 收輕。

You know, it's funny. We started out like this too. 你知道嗎，說來好笑。我們當初也是這樣起步的。