凶手要么尾随死者进门
“The killer either followed him in”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
就被凶手给杀害了
“when the killer attacked.”
凶手 要么 尾随 死者 进门
“The killer either followed him in”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese criminal investigation narratives, detectives typically reason aloud by laying out alternative hypotheses sequentially using paired conjunctions.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
either; or else
Commonly paired with another clause starting with the same word to present two mutually exclusive possibilities.
to tail; to follow closely behind
A formal or investigative verb often used in police reports, news, or crime narratives.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“It's possible the killer and the deceased knew each other.”
“in the end they managed to catch him off guard”
“Not to mention the suspect getting killed making his escape.”
“the killer would go free.”
“and the killer slit his throat from behind.”
“The killer drew attention with those three deaths”