get me every time每次都戳中我

把决斗的胜负归给罪孽，一句台词既是电影对白也是判词。

It is not X but Y that ...

要点明真正原因不在表面时用；日常随口说会显得太戏剧化。

It isn't your rival, but your own history that beat you. ／ What undid you was never my sword.

literary

not my sword 轻挫，but your past 抬起，disarmed 落重。

It is not the market but your own habits that sank the shop. 拖垮这家店的不是市场，而是你自己的习惯。

三无排比后接一个比喻，把查案的无力和对手的神秘一起说尽。

No A, no B, no C. X is like a ghost.

形容对手查无踪迹时用；写正式报告要换成中性说法。

No trace, no prints, nothing. He may as well be a ghost. ／ The scene gave us absolutely nothing to work with.

口语

三个 no 平均重读，like a ghost 连读放轻。

No error log, no crash, no clue. The bug is like a ghost. 没有报错，没有崩溃，毫无线索。这个 bug 像个幽灵。

不炫耀资历，只把资历换算成一句结论，老手的口气全在里面。

When you've been at this as long as I have, you ...

用经验下判断时用；对刚入行的人说会显得倚老卖老。

After this many years, you stop trusting luck. ／ Experience teaches you that nothing here is random.

中性

as long as I've been 连成一气，coincidence 落重收尾。

When you're at this as long as I've been, you stop trusting quick fixes. 干这行干到我这份上，你就不再信什么速效办法了。

两个 cared about 拉开对立，把角色的选择一句话判完。

He cared more about X than he did about Y.

要点破价值排序、指出谁被辜负时用；当事人在场说会很重。

He valued revenge over her. ／ She came second to what he wanted most.

中性

more about 加重，than he did about her 放慢压低。

He cared more about the promotion than he did about his health. 他比起健康，更在乎那次晋升。

用一个生理小动作当测谎仪，比任何指控都具体可信。

X blinks when X does something X knows is false.

观察别人撒谎习惯时用；当着对方的面说等于拆穿。

She always gives herself away when the story is fake. ／ He touches his ear whenever he is lying.

中性

blinks 重读，she knows is false 一带而过不留缝。

He laughs too loudly when he tells a story he knows is false. 他讲自己明知是假的事时，笑声特别大。

一句悼词里没有一个哀字，sorely 一压，惋惜与客套都在。

You will be sorely missed.

告别同事、故人时用；对关系一般的人说会显得客套过头。

You'll be greatly missed. ／ We will miss you more than words can say.

正式

sorely 重读，missed 收得轻而稳。

After twenty years here, you will be sorely missed. 在这儿干了二十年，你会让我们非常想念。