come to find out后来才发现

用「时间停住」写惊愕，比描述枪声更接近人在那一刻的真实感受。

It's always seemed like ...

回忆某个瞬间像被拉长时用；正式陈述事故要换更客观的说法。

It felt as if everything froze for a moment. ／ The whole thing seemed to slow down.

中性

always seemed like 连读，just stopped 重读收住。

It's always seemed like time just stopped when the car spun. 车打滑那一下，我总觉得时间停住了。

说不清才最真实：反复修词，正显出记忆里那片空白。

... or something. I don't know what it is.

讲某件说不清的感受时用；写报告、做陈述别这样含糊。

It was like everything froze. I can't explain it. ／ Something happened to time, and I have no words for it.

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Time stopped 后稍停，or something 轻带，句尾放平。

The music stopped or something. I don't know what it was. 音乐好像停了一下，我也说不清是怎么回事。

被晾在门外的一声「我就走了」，平静得让人替他觉得冷。

Anyhow, ... and never came back out. So I left.

讲被冷落、被放鸽子后自己的选择时用；抱怨朋友时这样说有点重。

In the end he never came back, and I drove off. ／ Nobody came out again, so I went on my way.

口语

Anyhow 轻起，never came back out 平推，So I left 短促收。

He went in to ask and never came back out. So I left. 他进去问一声就没再出来，我就走了。

用「军火库」轻描淡写地交代危险，越平淡越让人后怕。

After ...-ing, I come to find out ...

讲相处久了才发现的真相时用；日常闲聊也常用 come to find out。

It took a few days to find out he had a whole arsenal. ／ Only later did I realise how many guns he kept.

口语

come to 连读，find out 重读，arsenal 落在首音节。

After working with her, I come to find out she runs three companies. 跟她共事之后我才发现，她经营着三家公司。

照说一遍的句式，把「什么都由着他」的被动感写了出来。

He wanted to ..., so we ...

讲自己顺着别人安排走时用；带点自嘲或无奈，正式场合少用。

He felt like a film, so off to the cinema we went. ／ Whatever he wanted to do, we did that.

口语

两个 the movies 音高相同，so we 轻读，句式重复要念得平。

He wanted noodles, so we had noodles again. 他想吃面，于是我们又吃了面。

一个自造的说法，把那一夜的松弛和即将到来的事摆在一起。

I call them ..., ... movies.

给某类活动起绰号、半开玩笑地形容时用；正式场合别这么随意。

Where I come from we call those beer-and-a-movie nights. ／ Those are what I'd call picnic-cinema evenings.

口语

call them 连读，drive-in 连成一词，两个 movies 对称重读。

I call them lazy Sundays, do-nothing days. 我管这种叫懒人星期天，什么都不干的日子。