这场戏：前妻回编辑部辞行
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希尔迪回《晨报》编辑部，要和前夫沃尔特当面告别、说她准备再婚走人。沃尔特一边摆布州长赦免案，一边转头承认 double-cross（背后摆人一道）了州长，又翻旧账：答应不闹离婚，怎么又 gum up the works（把事搅黄）？想学旧情人那种又损又黏的英语，这场戏句句能用。
❝ 独白 · 4 句 旧账翻不完：gum up the works（把事搅黄）
something between us 我们之间的某种东西gum up the works 把事搅黄the well runs dry 井都干了Not to brag 不是吹牛
希尔迪回到《晨报》编辑部，穿过热闹的新闻编辑室，走进前夫沃尔特的办公室，准备告诉他：自己要再婚，要彻底离开报社。沃尔特却正忙着政治交易——州长没签赦免令，他扬言要给州长打电话，拿支持竞选参议员来换，还笑称自己是头一回 double-cross（背后摆人一道）州长。两人斗起嘴来：他问我离开多久了，她说四个月；她怪他当初答应不争离婚，却又 gum up the works（把事搅黄）。三个表达最值得学：double-cross 是背后摆人一道，gum up the works 是把好好的事搅黄，make a sucker out of someone 是把人当冤大头耍。吐槽旧账、职场甩锅、跟老友互损都用得上。
A1–C2 是欧标等级。点一个等级后，比它高的卡片会变淡，播放到那里不会自动暂停。
“Even ten minutes is a long time to be away from you.”
哪怕十分钟，离开你也太久。
把短暂的分别说成漫长的煎熬，一句就把热恋的分量称了出来。
Even ... is a long time to ...
对恋人或家人说舍不得分开时用；对同事或生人说会显得黏人。
Even a day apart feels too long. ／ Ten minutes without you is already too much.
中性
Even 重读，a long time 放慢，句尾轻轻收。
Even one night away from the kids feels long. 哪怕离开孩子一晚，也觉得很久。
“If I didn't remember it, I wouldn't have divorced you.”
我要是不记得，就不会跟你离婚了。
用一句反事实把恨意和记得绑在一起，越是否认越见旧情。
If I didn't ..., I wouldn't have ...
对过去的事做反事实解释时用；正式书面里也可，但语气偏冷静。
If I had forgotten, I would have stayed. ／ Had I not remembered it, we would still be married.
中性
didn't 轻读，wouldn't have 连成一串，重音落在 divorced。
If I didn't care, I wouldn't have called you. 我要是不在乎，就不会给你打电话了。
“We've got something between us nothing can change.”
咱们之间有些东西，什么都改不了。
把说不清的关系说成一件改不动的东西，笃定又有余味。
We've got something between us ...
对旧友、旧爱谈那段改不掉的关系时用；正式场合少用这句。
There's something between us that never goes away. ／ Some things between us are here to stay.
口语
something between us 连读，nothing can change 放慢收尾。
We've got something between us that time can't touch. 咱们之间有样东西，时间也碰不动。
“I often wish you weren't such a stinker.”
我倒常希望你没这么混蛋。
把嫌弃包在偏爱里，骂得亲昵，是旧情人之间半嗔半爱的典型一句。
I often wish you weren't such a ...
对旧情人或很熟的朋友又气又笑时用；对刚认识的人或长辈说会真的得罪人，别用。
I sometimes wish you weren't so stubborn. ／ I often wish you were a little nicer.
口语
often 轻读，weren't 咬重，stinker 拖一点带笑意。
I often wish you weren't such a terrible driver. 我倒常希望你别把车开得这么吓人。
“After we get the reprieve, we'll be Democratic again.”
等我们拿到赦免令，我们再变回民主党。
把政治立场当成随时可换的外套，一句自嘲戳穿了报纸的党派算计。
After we ..., we'll be ... again.
讽刺某人为利益随时改立场时用；正式场合对当事人当面说会太冲。
After the election, we'll be friends again. ／ We'll be whatever we need to be after the vote.
口语
After 起句稍快，Democratic 重音在 cra，again 轻降。
After the contract is signed, he'll be our best friend again. 合同一签，他又会变回我们的好朋友。
Nonsense, you've got an old-fashioned idea divorces last forever. "Till death do us part". Divorce doesn't mean anything nowadays. Just a few words mumbled over you by a judge. We've got something between us nothing can change.
胡说，你这观念太老派了，以为离了婚就一辈子算数。 「直到死亡把我们分开」。如今离婚根本不算什么。 不过是法官冲你咕哝几句罢了。 咱们之间有些东西，什么都改不了。
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下一章 · 02hard feelings记恨这场戏：到报社提出辞职意思是「把好好的事搅黄」。这里希尔迪怪沃尔特，明明答应不争离婚，转头又在背后使绊子，把这件本该顺利的事搞砸了。
可以说 double-cross。沃尔特说自己头一回 double-cross 了州长，就是嘴上答应、背后反悔，把对方摆了一道。
意思是「把某人当冤大头耍」。沃尔特说厄尔·威廉斯一死，就等于把报社这些人耍成冤大头，白忙一场还被人看笑话。
是催人快点、别磨蹭的口语，语气略急但不粗鲁。编辑催稿、催同事动作快点时常用，等于「麻利点」。
这句里不是炫耀自己本事，而是「我自己报上名就行」，不用前台通报。horn 是喇叭，blow your own horn 本义是自吹自擂，这里玩了个字面梗。
