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《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E23 (33:10) HSK 7
duì a bái dé ruì jí dé yào mìng

对啊 白德瑞急得要命

“Yes. Barry's anxious to meet with Shen Mo.”

《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E23
TIMECODE: 33:10 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN shì bú shì yīn wèi shěn mò bù tóng yì yā huò

是不是因为沈默不同意压货

“Because Shen Mo refused the channel stuffing?”

duì a bái dé ruì jí dé yào mìng CURRENT FOCUS

对啊 白德瑞 急得要命

“Yes. Barry's anxious to meet with Shen Mo.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN yāo yuē shěn mò

要约沈默

“Yes. Barry's anxious to meet with Shen Mo.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: CONFIRMING AND ELABORATING
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Expressive Hyperbole in Workplace Banter

Phrases like '急得要命' (anxious to death) are ubiquitous colloquial exaggerations used to dramatize professional stress without causing actual panic.

INTENT TAGS: #agreement #confirmation #emphasis #urgency
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
急得要命 SPOKEN CHUNK

worried sick / terribly anxious

An emphatic colloquial construction [Adjective + 得要命] meaning 'extremely' or 'to death'.

对啊 SPOKEN CHUNK

yeah / exactly

A very common conversational agreement marker that confirms the other person's premise.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the affirmation and signals natural conversational alignment.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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