我都以为是不是她告诉你的
“or I would think she told you.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我都 以为是不是 她 告诉你的
“or I would think she told you.”
白德瑞
“Barry.”
“You found out so fast that I suspected she spilled the beans to you.”
In Chinese social and workplace circles, tracing the source of leaked private news is common due to closely knit interpersonal communication webs.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
I almost thought / I had assumed
Used to express an assumption that was held until newly revealed facts proved it wrong.
whether or not
Commonly inserted before a verb phrase to soften a speculation into a hesitant guess.
Emphasizes the agent of the action in a cleft-like construction (shi...de pattern).
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“(I should've told you back then.)”
“Maybe she didn't want you to know.”
“if she knows”
“She didn't sound very happy. Does she know about this too?”
“Back then, I truly believed”
“She didn't mean to hide it from you.”