我们已经好多年都不见面了 连电话都没打过
“We haven't seen each other for years. Not even a phone call.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我们 已经 好多年都不见面了 连电话都没打过
“We haven't seen each other for years. Not even a phone call.”
可我听说你们俩关系不错呀
“But I heard you two were pretty close.”
“I have nothing to do with this person, so leave me out of it.”
When facing scrutiny or legal peril, explicitly highlighting total severance of contact is standard to demonstrate clear boundaries of innocence.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
many years
Used colloquially to emphasize an extended duration of time.
even...
A correlative construction used to highlight an extreme case to prove a broader point.
Marks a change of state or a sustained duration up to the present moment.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“that you two should never see each other again. Be decisive.”
“we haven't talked in a long time.”
“We haven't talked for days. Why are you so mad at me?”
“It's been a long time since we met.”
“I haven't seen you for years.”