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10/01/2016
一支「士的」、stick it out
參加一個集會，與幾位老先生一起。其中大黃伯的坐姿，老是用雙手握住一根拐杖的手柄，以助支撐，與它形影不離。拐杖上有兩張黃貼紙，都印上了「我要真普選」。
一把年紀的堅持。於是聯想，拐杖，我們的口語亦叫「士的」，來自英文的stick。We STICK together！我們團結一起！當中包括了友愛親密、互信合作。
● The two boys are good friends. They always stick together at school. 兩個男孩是好朋友，他倆在學校形影不離。
隨附多兩個習語：
1. Stick it out， 解to keep going （ 繼續去）、to endure something difficult（抵受困境）。例：
● Never mind how difficult things are, we just have to stick it out. 不必理會形勢如何艱難，我們就是堅持下去。
● We must stick it out or we will look like losers. 我們必須堅持下去，不然就會給看扁了。
2. Stick WITH someone or something，若對象是人，指黏他，帶一點要得幫助或保護之意。
● Stick with the team head and you’ll be fine.跟組長，你就不會有事。
若對象是物，亦即不離不棄：
● We are having a tough time but will stick with it. 情甚壞，但我們不會放棄。
● Stick with it when your ideas are ahead of their time. 即使你的意念未為當世所容，仍不言棄。
留意，用stick 講理念之際，多數用to：
● I stick TO my ideals. 我堅持自己的理想。
● He sticks TO his principles. 他堅持他的原則。
這就是那大半日集會期間，有關老人與「士的」的聯想。可見英文與我們的日常口語息息相關，所以不要以為英文是一門學科，一出了課室就可拋諸腦後。
像一句尋常口語： 「面係人俾，架係自己丟」，英文怎樣講？
● Only those who respect themselves deserve being respected.
● A person who has no self-respect simply cannot command respect.
上面兩句都可以，但側重了「人必自重然後人重之」的意思， 漏了「丟架」（lose face）一筆。還是以下這個講法夠全面：
● Respect is one’s to earn and face is one’s to lose; neither can be compelled or demanded from others.
最後也重提一下一句「老奉」，英文講take （it） for granted 確係得， 但就有naturally assume something 自然而然「預咗」之意：
● Can I take for granted / assume you’re agreeable?
看，這句就沒有「老奉」的意思。老奉，最貼切係a sense of entitlement：
● He has such a sense of entitlement. How can anyone be so “entitled” ?