毕竟我们当初都以为
“After all, we all thought”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
怎么跟曼丽说呢
“how to tell her.”
毕竟 我们 当初 都 以为
“After all, we all thought”
虽然白雅晴
“even Bai Yaqing”
“You cannot blame me for being hesitant; none of us saw this coming.”
Appealing to what 'everyone thought' reduces individual blame and helps preserve harmony when delivering awkward or disappointing relationship news.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
after all; when all is said and done
Use at the beginning of an explanation to introduce an undeniable fact or common ground that justifies someone's behavior.
at that time; originally; back then
Used when looking back at a past timeframe, especially when contrasting past expectations with present reality.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“We were fine before.”
“We have long thought”
“At first, I thought you were just”
“I thought we had a deal.”
“We seem to have never considered...”
“I used to think the 'Sanitary Pad King' label”