但是事情一桩接着一桩
“But one thing followed another,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
起初是有点生气
“I was a little upset.”
但是 事情 一桩接着一桩
“But one thing followed another,”
一不小心就给忘了
“and I forgot before I knew it.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese speakers often soften past interpersonal friction by attributing the resolution to getting overwhelmed by daily busyness rather than direct confrontation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
one after another / without interruption
A descriptive colloquial idiom for matters or incidents occurring in rapid succession.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“because of the string of cases.”
“I've been tied up with too many affairs recently.”
“about everything that's been happening.”
“one after another.”
“has had one incident after another.”