fire someone up激起斗志

把看不见的危险讲成一个动作，听得人手心一紧。

If X catches, it sucks Y right back into Z

提醒别人某个操作危险时用；对专业人士说会显得多嘴。

If it snags, it drags your hand straight in. ／ Catch it wrong and it pulls you in.

中性

catches on the wood 连读，right back into 加重。

If the drill slips, it can pull your sleeve right in. 钻头一打滑，就可能把袖子卷进去。

一句顶回去，不长篇大论，愤懑和不服全在里头。

He doesn't know what I'm capable of.

被看轻、被人下结论时用；对上级当面说会显得顶撞。

They have no idea what I can do. ／ He wrote me off too soon.

口语

doesn't know 连读，capable of 尾音收轻。

They don't know what this team is capable of. 他们不知道这支队伍能做到什么程度。

把抽象的动力说成一股火，能感到那股憋着要证明自己的劲。

have this fire in me that ...

讲自己咬着牙往前的原因时用；面试里这样说略显夸张。

There is this fire burning in me. ／ Something in me changed after that.

口语

fire in me 连读，different than 重读。

After the injury, she had this fire in her that changed everything. 受伤之后，她心里憋着一股火，一切都变了。

用 abuse 这种狠词讲康复，把自虐式的坚持写得毫不煽情。

abuse something to do something

半开玩笑说自己把某物用得很狠时用；正经场合别用 abuse。

I just hammered it until it worked. ／ I beat the thing into shape.

口语

abused the thing 连读，retrain 与 toughen 并重。

He abused that old guitar until his fingers stopped hurting. 他把那把旧吉他练到手指不再疼为止。

把「极限」说成一条自以为是的位置，后面推翻它才有力量。

where one's limits lie

聊成长、突破自我时用；对刚受挫的人说会像说教。

We all think we know our limits. ／ Our limits are mostly guesswork.

中性

idea of where 连读，limits lie 放慢。

Most of us have this idea of where our limits lie, and we are usually wrong. 我们大多都自以为知道极限在哪，可往往都错了。

it takes something 留白，不点明是什么，反而让人对号入座。

It takes something to ...

总结突破需要代价时用；单独抛出来会显得空泛。

Something has to push you past it. ／ It takes a jolt to go further.

中性

takes something 连读，past that 重音收尾。

It takes something to force you past what you thought you could bear. 得有点什么，才能逼你越过自以为承受不了的线。