cut it out别闹了

标准的家长警告句，条件加后果一次说完，语气不容商量又好记。

If you don't stop ..., you won't have ...

劝孩子或熟人别吃太多零食时用，熟人间很自然；对长辈说会像管人。

If you keep snacking, you won't want dinner ／ Stop filling up on chips or you'll spoil your meal

中性

don't stop eating 连读，appetite 重音在第一音节。

If you don't stop drinking soda, you won't sleep tonight. 你再不停下喝汽水，今晚就睡不着了。

用 just as well 把拒绝说成建议，越客气越像在拖，真相被推到了下一站。

It will be just as well if you ...

想委婉阻止别人做某事时用，办公或客套都行；被拖着的人往往听得出来。

It might be better to wait until later ／ You may as well leave it until we arrive

正式

just as well 连读，Lepingsville 重音在前。

It will be just as well if you hold that email until morning. 那封邮件你还是压到明早再发为好。

先甩一句 cut it out 压住对方，再抛出追问，又把不耐烦和委屈合在一句里。

Come on now, cut it out.

熟人开玩笑过头或胡搅时叫停，很直接；对上司或陌生人会显得冲。

Enough, stop it ／ Knock it off, will you?

口语

cut it out 连读，Why can't I 升调追问。

Come on, cut it out; that's not funny. 行了，别闹了，一点也不好笑。

一串迟疑和填充词把少女的试探演真了，她想开启的话题藏在吞吞吐吐里。

Have you ever seen ...?

想聊一个不太好开口的话题时用，熟人间可；正式场合这种迟疑会显得没准备。

Have you ever watched any foreign films? ／ Do you ever watch those, you know, subtitled films?

口语

Have you ever 连读，um 处真正停顿。

Have you ever seen any of those old black-and-white films? 你看过那种老黑白电影吗？