只好硬着头皮 刚复职就要请假
“So I had no choice but to ask for leave right after coming back to work.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“If I couldn't change it, I wouldn't be able to get home.”
只好 硬着头皮 刚 复职 就要 请假
“So I had no choice but to ask for leave right after coming back to work.”
居功自傲
“Getting full of yourself.”
“I know it looks terrible to take time off right now, but I genuinely have no other option.”
In Chinese corporate culture, requesting leave immediately after reinstatement or joining a team risks showing a lack of commitment, making employees feel intense pressure when forced to do so.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to brace oneself; to bite the bullet; to force oneself to do something reluctantly
Use this idiom when you have to do something daunting, embarrassing, or uncomfortable because there is no alternative.
have no choice but to; can only
A common spoken connector used to introduce an undesirable fallback option.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“If getting my job back was all I wanted, I wouldn't have walked out”
“this is another tough battle.”
“I'm celebrating getting my job back. Of course, I'm going to treat myself a little.”
“insisting on rushing here today.”
“My dad got reinstated. Really?”
“That's hardcore.”