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“I truly had no other choice, so I resorted to this.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I truly had no other choice, so I resorted to this.”
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“I truly had no other choice, so I resorted to this.”
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“You went to Shende Shop?”
“I know it looks bad, but I truly had no other alternative.”
Admitting an error as an unintended 'lower strategy' (下策) allows the wrongdoer to show humility and self-awareness, appealing to the superior's benevolence.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
resort to this bad plan / take this desperate measure
A set idiomatic phrase used self-deprecatingly when apologizing for an suboptimal or risky decision.
only then
Grammatical connector showing that the action was triggered only because of extreme prior necessity.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“it's the worst possible plan.”
“It's a terrible plan, not worth it at all.”
“It's called beating them at their own game.”
“You have a better plan?”
“Conventional tactics won't work.”
“I had no choice but to act.”