这场戏：密会打手谈杀元首
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V 摸进克雷迪家，先点破他已被苏特勒怀疑，再开条件：炸掉议会后，苏特勒会拿你当 a piece of meat（任人摆布的牺牲品）。他问 What do I get out of this deal?（这笔交易我能得到什么？），V 只回一个字：Me. 想学怎么谈判、怎么把对方逼到没有退路，这几句很实用。
❝ 独白 · 5 句 V 说 Because it's the only way（因为这是唯一的办法）
get out of this deal 从这笔交易得到好处counted on 信得过、可以依靠
V 悄悄潜进克雷迪家中，先戳破他的处境：苏特勒已经不再信任他，Sutler can no longer trust you（苏特勒已经没法再信你了）。接着抛出交易——等议会一炸，苏特勒唯一的机会就是献出另一块肉，而那块肉就是克雷迪。他问 What do I get out of this deal?（这笔交易我能得到什么？），V 的答案是 Me（我）。条件是：同意就在前门画个叉。另一条线上，芬奇接到电话，得知鲁克伍德其实早已死亡二十年，那具浮尸靠 a dental match（牙齿记录比对吻合）才对上。想学谈判里的施压、开价和摊牌，这段台词句句有用。
A1–C2 是欧标等级。点一个等级后，比它高的卡片会变淡，播放到那里不会自动暂停。
“Sutler can no longer trust you, can he, Mr. Creedy?”
苏特勒已经没法再信你了，是不是，克雷迪先生？
一句带称呼的附加问句，把对方的处境和难堪同时摆上桌。
..., can he/she?
当你掌握了对方把柄、想让他自己说破时能用；对朋友别这么逼人。
He no longer trusts you, does he? ／ They can't hear us, can they?
正式
主句重读 no longer，can he 轻而扬起，停顿后再叫名字。
The boss no longer backs you, does he? 老板已经不再支持你了，是不是？
“You knew that one day it'd be you or him.”
你早知道总有一天，不是你就是他。
短短一句把权力场里的二选一说尽，冷得像判决。
One day it'll be X or Y.
当你点破两个人迟早只能留一个时能用；轻松场合别说这么重。
One day it will be you or me. ／ Eventually it's either him or us.
中性
one day 后稍停，you or him 三个词都咬清，尾音下沉。
One day it'll be you or him, and you both know it. 总有一天不是你走就是他走，你们俩心里都清楚。
“Because it's the only way you're ever going to stop me.”
因为这是你唯一能拦住我的办法。
把杀机包在逻辑里，听起来像帮忙，其实是最狠的邀约。
It's the only way you're ever going to ...
当你指出对方只剩一条路可走时能用；对上级别用这种口气。
It's the only way you'll ever beat him. ／ That's the only way you're ever going to win.
中性
重读 only，you're ever 连读，stop me 收得干脆。
It's the only way you're ever going to fix this. 这是你唯一能补救的办法。
“...and spoon-fed me that bullshit, and I ate it up!”
……一勺一勺喂我吃那套鬼话，我还全信了！
spoon-fed 加 ate it up，把受骗的窝火全塞进一个动作比喻里。
feed someone something / eat it up
当你懊恼自己轻信了别人时能用；正式汇报里别带这种糙话。
He fed me a line and I swallowed it. ／ She spoon-fed me the story and I bought it.
口语
spoon-fed 连成一词，bullshit 重读，ate it up 语气往上冲。
He fed me that story and I ate it up. 他把那套说法喂给我，我还真信了。
“We do what we should have been doing.”
做我们早该做的事。
没有辩解，直接把错过的行动补成命令，干净有力。
We do what we should have been doing.
当你要把跑偏的局面拉回正轨时能用；对客户别说得这么硬。
We do what we should have done all along. ／ We go back to what should have been done.
中性
重读 do 和 should，have been doing 连读一带而过。
We do what we should have been doing from day one. 我们做打第一天起就该做的事。
“We got Creepy pinned like a butterfly for weeks.”
我们盯了瘆人克雷迪好几个星期，把他钉得像只蝴蝶标本。
把监控说成钉标本，警察的得意和黑色幽默都在里面。
have someone pinned like a butterfly
当你想形容把某人死死盯住、他无处可动时能用；别对当事人说。
We had him pinned down for weeks. ／ He was pinned like a specimen on a board.
口语
pinned 重读，like a butterfly 轻快连读，for weeks 收尾下压。
We had the suspect pinned like a butterfly. 我们把嫌疑人盯得死死的。
Come, now, Mr. Creedy, you knew this was coming. You knew that one day it'd be you or him. That's why Sutler's been kept underground for security purposes. That's why there are several of your men close to Sutler... ...men that can be counted on. All you have to do is say the word.
别这样，克雷迪先生，你早知道会有这一天。 你早知道总有一天，不是你就是他。 所以苏特勒才一直待在地下，说是为了安全。 所以你才有好几个手下守在苏特勒身边…… ……都是信得过的人。你只要发句话就行。
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bollocks，英式口语，语气偏粗。克雷迪听见整栋房子都被监听时，就回了这个词。
count on someone，比如 men that can be counted on 就是信得过、能派上用场的人。
the only way。Because it's the only way you're ever going to stop me. 就是你唯一能拦住我的办法。
a dental match。法医、刑侦里常用，靠牙科记录确认一具无名尸的身份，这里就靠它认出了鲁克伍德。
