但最终得以趁死者不备
“in the end they managed to catch him off guard”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
虽一度不敌死者
“Although they were briefly overpowered by the deceased,”
但 最终 得 以 趁 死者 不备
“in the end they managed to catch him off guard”
猛击死者下体
“and strike his lower body with full force.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese legal and investigative contexts, investigators deliver case reconstructions with highly standardized, neutral vocabulary to project absolute objectivity and legal competence.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to take advantage of someone being unprepared; to catch someone off guard
A classic written and spoken construction used when an opportunistic action is taken before the opponent can react.
to be able to; to manage to (achieve a result)
A formal auxiliary verb indicating that certain conditions made an action possible.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“So he hadn't changed yet”
“couldn't be saved.”
“and almost died covering our retreat.”
“The killer either followed him in”
“with demon magic,”
“but met a tragic end.”