breathe a word走漏半点风声

把 hanging 说两遍，先定性再举旧案，恐惧一下变成可想象的画面。

It's a ... error, like they did ...

提醒别人某件事后果极重时用；夸张语气，对陌生场合会显得危言耸听。

This is a career-ending mistake, like they saw last year. ／ That offence is a hanging matter where I come from.

口语

两个 hanging 都重读，Boston 后稍停再收。

Plagiarism is a career-ending error, like they found out last term. 抄袭是会断送职业生涯的错，上学期就有人栽了。

把胆小说成 grand courage，正话反用，嘲讽比直接骂更扎人。

What a grand ... you have!

熟人之间挖苦装勇敢的人时用；对长辈或正式场合别用，会显得刻薄。

What a brave little spectator you are! ／ Big talk from someone who only watched.

口语

grand 升调拖长，courage 重读带笑。

What a grand promoter you are, cheering from the back row. 你只会在后排喊加油，真是了不起的推手。

用 reckoning 把报复说成迟早要还的账，配上 pointy，威胁立刻有形。

I will bring a ... reckoning that will ... you.

放狠话警告对方会讨回公道时用；日常冲突里说会真吓到人，慎用。

There will be a reckoning for this, and you will feel it. ／ I'll settle every account, and you won't sleep.

literary

pointy reckoning 连读，that will 后压低收尾。

There will be a reckoning for every stolen idea, and it will shake you. 每个被偷走的点子我都会讨回来，到时会让你站不稳。

把最普通的日落变成诅咒对象，威胁不靠脏话，靠剥夺活下去的愿望。

I can make you wish you had never ...

强烈警告时用；这是很重的威胁语气，朋友间玩笑都不能随便说。

I can make you regret the day you met me. ／ I'll make you wish you had never opened your mouth.

literary

make you wish 连读，sun go down 逐字放慢。

Lie to this committee and I can make you wish you had never spoken. 敢对这个委员会撒谎，我能让你后悔开过口。