hide your head in the sand逃避现实

用一句平静的话把鬼故事说成一个待解的谜，全片动机都在这。

If X comes back, it's for some reason.

面对说不清的事想找出目的时用；对不信的人说会显得迷信。

If she came back, there must be a reason. ／ Spirits do not return without a purpose.

中性

spirit 略重，comes back 连读，purpose 降调收尾。

If the letter came back, it's for some particular purpose. 这封信要是被退回来，总有某个特别的原因。

把一桩旧坠崖重说成谋杀，轻轻一句就把悬疑拉满。

I wonder if X could have been ...

把猜测说出口又不想太武断时用；正式报案场合不该这么说。

I wonder whether it was really an accident. ／ Could that have been murder, do you think?

中性

I wonder 轻读，could have been 连读，murder 重读。

I wonder if his fall could have been no accident. 我在想，他那一跤会不会根本不是意外。

用一句黑色玩笑把旧恨说出口，狠劲全在轻描淡写里。

X is not quite ... enough for me.

半开玩笑地挑剔某人或某事时用；对逝者家属说就太刻薄。

One of them has not quite gone away for my liking. ／ One of them is not finished here yet.

口语

One of them's 连读，not quite 略顿，dead enough 放慢。

One of them is not quite forgotten enough for me. 对我来说，其中有一个人被忘得还不够干净。

一句「想想看」把旧案拉回眼前，把听者拖进现场。

Think of it ...

要让人设身处地想象惨剧时用；轻松话题里这样开场太重。

Picture those two women struggling on the cliff. ／ Think of them fighting on the cliff that night.

中性

Think of it 连读，two women 重读，on the cliff 收尾。

Think of it, two friends fighting over one job. 想想看，两个朋友为了一个职位翻脸。