左龙 马中武像商量好似的
“Zuo Long and Ma Zhongwu seemed to have planned it.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这就是不合理的地方
“Right. That's what doesn't make sense.”
左龙 马中武像商量好似的
“Zuo Long and Ma Zhongwu seemed to have planned it.”
在同一年几乎同一时间
“They both sent large sums home around the same time that year.”
“It's almost as if Zuo Long and Ma Zhongwu colluded on this; their actions are suspiciously coordinated.”
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
as if; just like a certain situation
A common sentence pattern used for similes or conjectures; frequently used in spoken language to describe anomalous situations or striking coincidences.
agreed upon in advance after discussion
A verb-complement phrase carrying a pejorative nuance here, implying collusion or coordination in secret.
An auxiliary particle attached to words or phrases to indicate resemblance or 'as if', intensifying a tone of speculation and suspicion.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Zuo Long and Ma Zhongwu were the principals.”
“Now, Zuo Long and Ma Zhongwu”
“has revealed Zuo Long and Ma Zhongwu,”
“Ma Zhongwu and Zuo Long,”
“Zuo Long and Ma Zhongwu based on what Meng Guangcai gave us.”
“You threw Zuo Long and Ma Zhongwu under the bus.”