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《The Truth》 S1·E11 (12:41) HSK 7
rán hòu tā liàn hǎo le gěi wǒ lái yī diàn huà wǒ jiù qù lián yóu dài chē

然后他炼好了给我来一电话 我就去连油带车

“When it's done, he calls me. Then I go pick up both the oil and the van.”

《The Truth》 S1·E11
TIMECODE: 12:41 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN ràng tā bāng wǒ liàn yóu měi cì wǒ jiù bǎ chē tíng tā nà ér

让他帮我炼油 每次我就把车停他那儿

“He renders it into oil for me. Each time, I leave my van with him.”

rán hòu tā liàn hǎo le gěi wǒ lái yī diàn huà wǒ jiù qù lián yóu dài chē CURRENT FOCUS

然后他炼 好了 给我 来一电话 我就去连油带车

“When it's done, he calls me. Then I go pick up both the oil and the van.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ jiù yì qǐ kāi zǒu wǒ zhī dào de jiù zhè xiē le

“Then I go pick up both the oil and the van. That's all I know.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: NARRATING AND EXPLAINING
Tone: DEFENSIVE
Emotion: NERVOUS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I just went to pick up my car and the oil when called; I was not involved in anything else.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Giving a formal statement / Providing testimony

In conjunction with the subsequent line 'that is all I know', this phrasing demonstrates the typical pragmatic style of recounting details chronologically and clarifying one's own responsibility during police questioning or inquiry.

INTENT TAGS: #recounting events #giving a statement #clearing oneself
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
来一电话 SPOKEN CHUNK

give a call / receive a call

A high-frequency Northern colloquial expression commonly used when recounting everyday contact, where the verb 'lai' indicates the other party is placing the call.

连……带…… SPOKEN CHUNK

both... and... / together with

Used to link two parallel elements to indicate an action involves both simultaneously; a common colloquial pattern.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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