fortified against any denial对拒绝早有准备

用獠牙起誓否认戏中人，一句把身份与扮演劈成两半。

by the very fangs of X, I swear ...

想强调台上台下不是一个人时，可以套这句。

I swear on the teeth of spite that the mask is not me. ／ By everything bitter, I am not the part I act.

literary

fangs 重读，I swear 稍停，not that I play 收尾放低。

By the very fangs of malice, I swear I am not the villain they describe. 凭着恶意的獠牙起誓，我绝不是他们说的那种坏人。

一句把所有权和处置权拆开，像格言一样立住立场。

What is yours to give is not yours to keep

讲所有权与取舍时，可用 yours to bestow 对举。

What you are meant to give is not yours to hold back. ／ A gift owed is not yours to keep.

literary

bestow 与 reserve 对照重读，is not yours 连读压低。

What is yours to bestow is not yours to reserve, so sign the transfer today. 该你给出去的东西不能扣着，今天就把转让签了。

拿几种将熟未熟的果子比喻少年，一句把半大不小写活。

as a squash is before 'tis a peascod

形容少年半大不小时，可借这句沙翁式比喻。

Like fruit not yet ripe enough to name. ／ Green as an apple that will not fall.

literary

squash 与 peascod 重读，before 'tis 连读成 /bɪˈfɔːrtɪz/。

He is like a squash before it is a peascod, too tall for boyhood, too shy for manhood. 他就像没长成的南瓜，做孩子太高，做大人又太怯。

用 shall not 的硬命令把拒绝说得不容商量，贵族的冷脸一句立住。

Tell him he shall not speak with me.

明确拒绝、下逐客令时用，语气要硬；对朋友说会显得翻脸，别用。

Tell him I will not see him. ／ He shall not have speech with me.

正式

Tell him 轻带，he shall not 重读，speak with me 放慢收住。

Tell him he shall not get past the front desk. 告诉他，他别想进前台这道门。

用 loath to cast away 把背稿的辛苦说成珍惜，装腔作势的少年感一下出来了。

I would be loath to cast away my speech.

半开玩笑地说不想白费准备时用，带文绉绉的腔；正式场合说会显得做作。

I would hate to waste this speech. ／ It would be a shame to throw my words away.

literary

I would be loath 连读轻带，cast away 重读，my speech 放慢收住。

I would be loath to cast away my notes now. 我现在可舍不得把笔记白费了。