我哪儿偷偷摸摸的了 我要真想偷偷摸摸的
“I wasn't sneaking around. If I really wanted to sneak around,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“and setting up shops. What are you trying to do?”
我 哪儿 偷偷摸摸 的 了 我要 真想 偷偷摸摸 的
“I wasn't sneaking around. If I really wanted to sneak around,”
还能让你查出来
“would you have been able to find out?”
“I wasn't sneaking around, and even if I were, you're not smart enough to catch me.”
When questioned about secret maneuvers, speakers often use hypothetical boasting to turn an awkward inquiry into an assertion of capability.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
sneaky; furtive; doing things in secret
An idiom (AABB pattern) used negatively to criticize covert, suspicious behavior.
where did I... / how am I... (rhetorical denial)
A standard spoken pattern used to forcefully reject an accusation or description.
Emphasizes the completed status being challenged in the rhetorical denial.
Nominalizes the covert action being strongly denied.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“We can keep it a secret.”
“Why are we sneaking around?”
“What were you two secretly talking about?”
“what do you make of that old fox sneaking around”
“what was done in secret were brought”
“You want to like her secretly?”