no way to disprove没有办法证伪

眼前就算把人说信了也不算数，过一个月照样不信。

就算现在能……，过一阵也不会。

朋友把话说满时可以泼这盆冷水，对上司或刚相识的人别用。

Give it a month and you won't buy it. ／ You trust it today. You won't next month.

中性

前半让步放轻，wouldn't 重读后立刻收住。

Even if the demo looks perfect today, in a month you wouldn't trust those numbers. 就算今天演示很漂亮，过一个月你也不会信那些数字。

As yourself 问的是以你自己的身份道别，不是在问这句话说给谁听。

作为你自己道别，而不是作为某个角色。

只对极熟的人解释自己为何告别，客套送别或离职面谈别用。

Say goodbye as yourself, not as a title. ／ I wanted the goodbye as yourself, not as the boss.

口语

good-bye 后停一下，As yourself 单独落下。

Please say goodbye as yourself, not as the department head. 道别时请作为你自己说，别作为部门主管。

先承认道别已经做到，再补一句：那个自己是谁都无所谓。

你已经做到了，不管那个谁。

熟人把身份说得太玄时可以拆台，对方正在难受时别用。

You've made the point, whoever you claim to be. ／ That landed, whatever this new self is.

口语

that 后停半拍，whoever 放轻，self 加重。

I think the speech is over, whoever that new persona is. 我觉得这番话已经说完了，不管这个新人设是谁。

关心来了不解释，回一件小孩手工，荒唐就是对「你不正常」的承认。

Yes, I'm 加上一件荒唐小事。

朋友过度关心时用荒唐小事挡开，对医生或急坏的家人别用。

Yes, I'm knitting a hat for the goldfish. ／ Right, I'm alphabetizing the spoons.

口语

Yes 短促，paper dinosaurs 放慢，像认真汇报。

Yes, I'm teaching the cat to file taxes. 对，我在教猫报税。

两段让步先压住火气，也压住「我们受过训练」这句，结论仍是推不翻。

不管多……，不管多……，都无法……

讨论里劝人先别急着否定可以用，吵架斗嘴或嘲笑别人别用。

However wild it sounds, we still can't disprove it. ／ Training doesn't give us a way to knock it down.

正式

两段让步同一节奏，absolutely 上加重。

No matter how odd the data looks, no matter how senior the doubts are, we still can't throw the result out. 不管数据看起来多怪，不管质疑的人资格多老，我们都还不能把结果扔掉。

同一个「震」打向两边，相信和现实都还没定归属。

他也许把我们震向……，或我们把他震回……

朋友间猜测谈话会倒向哪边可以用，书面结论或正式评估别用。

He might shake us into buying it, or we might shake him out of it. ／ This could flip us, or we could flip him.

口语

两个 jolt 同样重，hell 轻轻一点就过去。

She might jolt them into hearing her, or they might jolt her back to the budget. 她也许能让他们真听见，或者他们把她撞回预算。