put up with忍受

一句家常比喻把满院子赃车说成车行，起手就把任务的麻烦点出来。

But first we gotta get rid of ...

要先把麻烦收拾掉再谈正事时用；gotta 很口语，正式场合说 have to。

Before anything else we have to clear those cars. ／ First, let's deal with the cars outside.

口语

get rid of 连读，looks like 弱读，句尾降调。

But first we gotta get rid of all these boxes. 不过先得把这些箱子都处理掉。

用虚拟语气把责任推得干净：都怪他们不听，现在人都没了。

If they hadn't done what I told them not to do, they'd still be ...

事后追责、说明「本来不会这样」时用；推卸责任时听来格外刺耳。

If they'd listened, they'd still be here. ／ Had they obeyed, no one would have died.

中性

hadn't have done 连读，told them not to 咬字清楚，句尾降调。

If he hadn't touched the wires, the power would still be on. 要是他没碰那些线，现在还有电。

一句反问把对方的辩解顶回去：满店死人，你还谈什么理由。

Is that your excuse for ...?

驳斥别人为糟糕行为找的借口时用；语气很冲，正式场合换成温和质问。

Is that how you justify it? ／ That's your reason for going too far?

口语

your excuse 连读，kill-crazy 重读，句尾上扬表质问。

Is that your excuse for missing the deadline? 这就是你误期的借口？

把矛头拉回最初的错误决定，一句就点出后面所有麻烦的源头。

You should never have ... in the first place.

复盘错误、指出根源时用；对上级说会显得顶撞，注意场合。

You shouldn't have brought him in at all. ／ That was a mistake from the start.

中性

should never have 连读，taken him 弹舌，in the first place 分三段。

We should never have trusted that supplier in the first place. 我们一开始就不该信那个供应商。