我那 我那不还是 我那不是看你快死了
“I... I only... I only did that because I thought you were dying.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我
“I...”
我那 我那 不还是 我那 不是 看你快死了
“I... I only... I only did that because I thought you were dying.”
“You said it yourself. You told me to shoot you dead.”
“Don't blame me now! I only did it because you were on the verge of death anyway!”
When confronted with past extreme actions, speakers often resort to intense rhetorical stammering to establish moral blamelessness.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
wasn't that because...; only because...
Used colloquially to introduce a rhetorical justification or defense against an accusation.
on the verge of dying; dying
Blunt, highly colloquial phrasing indicating extreme, imminent danger to someone's life.
Functions as a change-of-state marker indicating that the person had reached the brink of death.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“that's not what I mean. Don't overthink it. I...”
“No, no, that's not what I mean.”
“Then... why are you giving me this?”
“If so, could you teach me?”
“Well, I did say that. But that's not what I meant.”
“I... I don't know how. Then don't eat.”