in your image照你的样子

前半句还在说交情，At least 一转，二十年的信任当场塌了。

I knew him for ... . At least, I thought I did.

发现看错一个人时用；追悼或安慰的场合说这句会显得只想着自己。

I knew him for years, or thought I did. ／ Twenty years, and I still had him wrong.

中性

for 20 years 连读，At least 前停一停，I thought 轻收。

I worked with her for years. At least, I thought I knew her. 我跟她共事多年。至少，我以为我了解她。

Suppose 起头把猜疑放成一片阴影，fools like us 把自己也搭进去。

Suppose someone was ... all the time?

怀疑自己被蒙在鼓里时用；对当事人说可能引发争吵，想清楚再说。

What if he was laughing at us the whole time? ／ Maybe we were the joke all along.

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Suppose he 连读，fools like us 重读，句尾上扬。

Suppose they were laughing at us the whole time? 万一他们一直在笑话我们呢？

两段祈使句越说越急，in your image 点破：你只是在造一个自己要的哈里。

stop making someone in your image

制止别人按自己意愿改写逝者或事实时用；口气很冲，正式场合换温和说法。

Stop turning him into yourself. ／ Don't remake him in your own image.

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For heaven's sake 连读，in your image 三词一顿。

Stop making the past in your image. 别再按你的样子改写过去了。

real 和 just 一顶一放，把两人各占一半的哈里还原成一个完整的人。

Someone was real. Not just ...

替被贴标签的人说话时用；对悲伤的家属说这句要格外轻。

He was a person, not just our roles for him. ／ Harry was more than a friend or a lover.

中性

was real 重读，just 稍顿，my lover 轻落。

She was real. She wasn't just the office manager. 她是个活生生的人，不只是办公室主管。

三个从句自嘲到底，把作家光环拆成酒和姑娘，反而有点可怜。

I'm just a ... who ... and ...

自嘲、把自己往低处放时用；求职或自荐场合这样说会真的掉价。

I'm only a scribbler who drinks and chases women. ／ Just a pulp writer with a drink problem.

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just a 轻读，drinks too much 连起来，girls 收尾稍扬。

I'm just a cook who burns toast and loses receipts. 我不过是个烤糊吐司、还老丢小票的厨子。

把人和评价分开，一句话把道德优越感按回去。

A person doesn't change because you find out more.

别人因新料改变看法时用；拿它替恶行开脱就过了，场合要掂量。

Knowing more about someone doesn't make them someone else. ／ New facts don't change the man.

中性

doesn't change 重读，because 前微停，find out more 轻收。

A friend doesn't change because you find out more. 朋友不会因为你多知道些事就变了。

talk 连说三遍，像锤子一下下敲，把耐心敲没了。

... and just talk and talk and talk.

被念叨到崩溃时用；冲家人伴侣说这句容易升级成吵架，慎用。

He just goes on and on and on. ／ You keep talking and I can't stand it.

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splitting 重读，talk 三连要一次比一次快。

He just complained and complained and complained. 他就是抱怨个没完没了。