survivor's guilt幸存而起的愧

不说死亡二字，用倒下、发臭、散开把死写成能看见的步骤，冷得清楚。

我们停下、倒下，然后怎样

跟朋友讲一种不美化的看法时能用，悼词里和对家属别说。

we just stopped and that was the end ／ the body gave out and came apart

口语

动词往下掉，smell bad前稍顿，结尾放轻

The porch roof stopped holding, caved in, and came apart after one storm. 门廊顶撑不住，塌了，一场暴风雨过后就散了。

前一个 leave 是留下家当，后一个是人总在走，财产被这层双关一下拆掉。

为什么还留那么多，如果人总在离开

朋友聊搬家、不想囤东西时可以自嘲，分遗产或丧事上别用。

why keep so much if you never stay ／ no use storing what you cannot live with

literary

leave a lot加重，后半放慢再上扬

I have bought good chairs, but why keep a lot if every lease ends in a year? 好椅子我买过，可每份租约一年就到期，为什么还留那么多？

四个动作越来越短，一段相识被切到只剩一个词，结尾像把门带上。

遇见，记住名字，说一句，人就走了

感叹人聚得快散得也快时对老友说，对新相识当面说太冷。

I learn a name and then they are gone ／ people leave before the sentence ends

literary

四步逗号点过，they're gone往下落

I learn a classmate's name, share one coffee, and then they move abroad. 记住同学的名字，一起喝杯咖啡，人就搬去国外了。

stupid 加上重复，把厌倦说死，不留原谅，下一句才抓得住这个他们。

他们总是一遍遍犯同样的错

私下吐槽同一拨人重复犯错可以用，正式评估或当着本人别用。

they make the same mistakes again and again ／ the same error, every single time

口语

mistakes咬清，后半加快，and放轻

The night shift keeps missing the same handover over and over. 夜班交接老是漏同一项，漏了一遍又一遍。

把随口的「他们」收成判断：你已经站到其余人类外面去了，话重，声音却不抬。

那么你是把自己看成同众人分开的

讨论里指出对方把自己摘出去时可用，吵架或职场评价别甩。

you set yourself apart from everyone else ／ you do not count yourself among them

正式

separate与humanity重读，句首放轻

Once you say those voters, you see yourself as separate from the rest of the city. 你一说那些选民，就是把自己跟这座城市的其余人分开了。

从句中间硬插入一遍名字，抽象的所有人被按回他身上，问的是心安不是知识。

知道事情已是这样，你心里安不安

只适合极熟的人做沉重追问，采访、初次见面和工作场合别用。

can you live with knowing they are all gone ／ does it sit right with you that you stayed

正式

破折号处停住，John加重，has died沉到底

Are you at ease keeping the house while every sister of yours has moved away? 姐姐们都搬走了，房子留在你这儿，你过得安不安？