只有周连勤一个人 那我可不知道
“Was Zhou Lianqin alone in the room those few days? I don't know.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这才打了我的电话赶过来的 那几天房间里
“so they called me and rushed over. Was Zhou Lianqin alone in the room those few days?”
只有 周连勤 一个人 那 我可不知道
“Was Zhou Lianqin alone in the room those few days? I don't know.”
他订了一个星期的房子
“He booked the place for a week.”
“I only rent the room; what he does in private is none of my business.”
Service providers often explicitly emphasize what was outside their duty to avoid entanglement in legal troubles.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
alone / by oneself
Used to denote solitary presence or acting independently.
well, that I really wouldn't know
A firm spoken idiom emphasizing that something falls completely outside one's awareness or responsibility.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“maybe Mr. Zhou would be interested in me.”
“What you and Mr. Zhou are doing is an honorable thing.”
“I actually admire Mr. Zhou.”
“is Mr. Zhou back yet?”
“They're all Captain Zhou's men. No need to be nervous.”
“Mr. Zhou is gone. You don't have to be alone. Shut up!”