went blank脑子一片空白

把选择性失忆说得像天气一样自然，一个 conveniently 就把讽刺压满了。

That part of ... just conveniently ...

讽刺别人「偏偏就忘了」时用；当面说会很难听，多半是转述或评论。

That part just slipped his mind, conveniently. ／ His memory conveniently failed him there.

口语

conveniently 拖长重读，went blank 之前略停一下。

The deadline is the part that conveniently slipped his mind. 截止日期偏偏就是他忘掉的那部分。

后半句 is all that is 一补，等于给前一句的讽刺再钉一颗钉子。

... is all that is.

下结论、拆穿借口时用；带着火气，别用在正式汇报里。

It's just a memory lapse, that's all it is. ／ Nothing but a convenient lapse, pure and simple.

口语

lapse 稍重，is all that is 越说越轻，句尾下沉。

It's a late bus, is all that is. 不过是公交晚点，就这么回事。

七个词就把「明明不是、却偏这么说」的委屈和不平压了进去。

They labeled it as such.

说别人硬给某事定性、贴标签时用；正式场合可换更书面的说法。

Yet they still called it that. ／ But they put that label on it anyway.

中性

But yet 两词连读，labeled it 连起来，such 收得短。

They labeled it a mistake, though it was their call. 他们把它定性成失误，可那是他们的决定。

一个 kept 就把被隔离、被切断消息的处境说尽，没有抱怨却全是怨气。

keep someone (completely) away from ...

说自己被人为隔开、谁都联系不上时用；防疫、保护等中性场合也能用。

They kept me away from everyone. ／ I was cut off from everybody.

中性

kept me 连读，completely 重读，away from everybody 快带过。

They kept the new interns away from the client meetings. 他们不让新来的实习生参加客户会议。

轻描淡写地认了错，又用 all 把「所有人都搞错了」这件事摆得明明白白。

We all had the wrong ...

事后复盘集体失误时用；对上级说也还行，语气别显得推责。

We were all working from the wrong information. ／ The whole team had it wrong.

中性

just all 轻读，wrong information 两个重音，句尾放平。

We all had the wrong numbers going into the launch. 上线前我们大家拿到的数字都是错的。