gave someone ideas让人动起非分之想

把战争的损失一件件数成自己的账，苦里带笑，一下就把人物立住。

X by X, ... and now ...

用一件件累积的事抱怨对方时用；对不熟的人别这么连珠炮地数落。

Day by day, everything changed, and now this. ／ One thing after another, and now you've done it too.

口语

raid by raid 两个重音，trousers 尾音放平收。

Week by week, my plants died, and now you've knocked over the last one. 一个星期接一个星期，我的花一盆盆死掉，现在你又把最后一盆打翻了。

前后一句一拧，用德语词把破烂屋子说成了家，自嘲里全是善意。

in a ... sort of way

想说一样东西又差又有点讨喜时用；正式报告里别用这种调侃口吻。

in a strange sort of way ／ in its own odd way

口语

pretty horrible 重读，in a 轻读连到 gemütlich。

The cafe is falling apart, in a charming sort of way. 这家咖啡馆破破烂烂的，倒也有种可爱的味道。

拿撑天花板的椅子当道具，把屋子的破败说得又荒诞又好笑。

It holds up X and that holds up Y

解释一样东西撑着另一样、出事就塌时用；也可调侃家具不牢。

It props up the beam and the beam props up the roof. ／ That stick holds the whole thing together.

中性

not that chair 重读，holds up 连读两遍别含糊。

Don't move that box; it holds up the shelf and the shelf holds up the books. 别动那个箱子，它支着架子，架子支着书。

在废墟里端出咖啡还要搬出元帅，穷讲究本身就是笑点。

The same brand that ... drinks.

想用夸张的品牌或名人来抬价、逗趣时能用；正式商务场合不要用。

The same tea the Queen keeps in her pantry. ／ Exactly what the captain drinks on the bridge.

口语

Finest Brazilian blend 连读，Field Marshal Montgomery 放慢加重。

Only the best beans here, the same roast that astronauts take up. 我这只有最好的豆子，宇航员带上去的就是这款。