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《Unsettled Case》 S1·E9 (37:22) HSK 4
yǒu shí wǒ huì chí dào shèn zhì bù lái shàng bān

有时我会迟到 甚至不来上班

“and sometimes I would be late or even miss work.”

《Unsettled Case》 S1·E9
TIMECODE: 37:22 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ gào sù guò nǐ wǒ dé zhào kàn nǚ ér men wǒ yào duì tā men fù zé

“I told you I have to watch the girls, I am responsible for them,”

yǒu shí wǒ huì chí dào shèn zhì bù lái shàng bān CURRENT FOCUS

有时 我 会 迟到 甚至 不 来上班

“and sometimes I would be late or even miss work.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ jì de nǐ de huí dá shì “ wǒ tā mā de cái bù zài hū ne ”

“I believe your answer was, "I do not give a flying fuck."”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: JUSTIFYING BEHAVIOR
Tone: DEFENSIVE
Emotion: DEFENSIVENESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I admit my absences, but remember how heartlessly you reacted when I explained why.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Family Duty vs. Professional Loyalty

In workplace disputes, employees often bring up family obligations to morally justify breaches of corporate attendance policies.

INTENT TAGS: #self_defense #confrontation #admission #grievance
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
有时 SPOKEN CHUNK

sometimes; at times

A common time adverb used to describe intermittent frequency.

甚至 SPOKEN CHUNK

even; so much as

An adverb used to introduce an extreme or more intense instance of what was just mentioned.

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1 EXPR · 5 GRAMMAR
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