这场戏：难民求签证，旧人再登门
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一个没到岁数的年轻妻子溜进里克店里，问他雷诺上尉到底靠不靠得住——Will he keep his word（他会说话算数吗）？她一路逃出保加利亚，说 the devil has the people by the throat（魔鬼掐住了老百姓的喉咙）。里克只回一句，回保加利亚去吧。想学打听人品、不留情面的建议，这几句很到位。
一句 by the throat（被掐住要害）
underage 未到法定年龄broad-minded 思想开放、看得开by the throat 被掐住要害、无处可退keep his word 守信用、说话算数
❝ 独白 · 6 句 安尼娜的试探
用假设的往事套出自己的处境，越绕越让人听懂。
一个没到岁数的年轻妻子溜进里克的店，问他雷诺上尉靠不靠得住，会不会 keep his word（说话算数）。她讲起从保加利亚逃出来的路，说 the devil has the people by the throat（魔鬼掐住老百姓的喉咙）。雷诺答应给他们出境签证，可他们没钱，这事本身就不对劲。里克听完只给一句建议：go back to Bulgaria（回保加利亚去吧）。随后伊尔莎和维克多又来了，说 here we are again（我们又来了），并请里克安排一张离山姆近、离斯特拉瑟远的桌子。想学旁敲侧击打听人品、委婉拒绝、安排座位的客套，这几句都能用。
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“The devil has the people by the throat.”
魔鬼正掐着老百姓的喉咙。
把苦难说成一个动作，比任何形容词都更狠。
something has someone by the throat
形容处境被彻底压住时能用；别拿它轻描淡写别人的真实困境。
The crisis has the whole town by the throat. ／ Fear had them by the throat.
literary
throat 重读并稍拖，前半句压低。
The deadline has the whole team by the throat. 这个截止日掐住了整个团队的喉咙。
“In many ways I am so much older than he is.”
在很多方面，我比他老成得多。
用年龄差说心里的重量，越平静越显得心酸。
in many ways, someone is much older than...
谈成长或吃苦的差别时能用；别在长辈面前自居阅历深。
I grew up faster than he did. ／ In some ways I feel years older than him.
中性
so much older 稍慢，he is 轻轻收住。
In many ways I am much older than my classmates. 在很多方面，我比同学们老成得多。
“It was much more than we thought to get here.”
能走到这儿，代价比我们想的要大得多。
不说具体代价，只留一句「比想的多」，反而更沉。
it was much more than we thought to...
谈付出比预料大时能用；别用来为自己的失误找借口。
It cost far more than we expected. ／ Getting here took more than we bargained for.
中性
much more 加重，we thought 放轻带过。
It was much more than we thought to move the office. 搬办公室比我们想的麻烦得多。
“The geography may be a little difficult to arrange.”
这地段的安排，恐怕有点难办。
用地理学抱怨座位安排，优雅的阴阳怪气比翻脸更高级。
X may be a little difficult to arrange.
用委婉说法拒绝别人不合适的请求时用；对听不懂暗示的人说会白费，别用。
That might be a little hard to arrange. ／ The seating could be tricky.
正式
geography 重读，a little difficult 连读带笑意，arrange 轻收。
Sitting them together may be a little difficult to arrange. 把他俩安排同桌恐怕有点难办。
If someone loved you very much... ...so that your happiness was the only thing that she wanted in the world... ...and she did a bad thing to make certain of it... - ...could you forgive her? - Nobody ever loved me that much. And he never knew, and the girl kept this bad thing locked in her heart... ...that would be all right, wouldn't it?
如果有个人非常爱你…… ……这世上她唯一想要的就是你幸福…… ……为了确保这一点，她做了件错事…… - ……你能原谅她吗？ - 从没人这么爱过我。 而他始终不知道，那姑娘把这件错事锁在心里…… ……那样也没关系，对吧？
下一章 · 14not in my department不归我管这场戏：拒卖通行证给维克多守信用、说话算数。台词里问 Will he keep his word?，就是「他会说到做到吗」，问的是雷诺的承诺靠不靠得住。
by the throat，字面是「掐住喉咙」。台词说 the devil has the people by the throat，就是「魔鬼掐住了老百姓的喉咙」，形容被逼得无处可退。
underage。里克问那女孩 How'd you get in here? You're underage，就是「你怎么进来的？你还没到岁数」。
as ... as possible。台词说 as far away from Major Strasser as possible，就是「离斯特拉瑟少校越远越好」。
You want my advice?。里克问 You want my advice?，接着说 Go back to Bulgaria，就是「想听我的建议吗？回保加利亚去吧」。
