都是这位表哥教您说的
“taught to you by this cousin of yours?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这些话
“Were these words”
都是这位表哥 教您说的
“taught to you by this cousin of yours?”
表弟天资聪颖 哪里需要我教啊 那是
“My cousin is gifted and clever. Of course he's self-taught. Indeed.”
“You didn't come up with this yourself—he put you up to it.”
Calling out an intermediary or cousin lets the speaker confront the real manipulator while offering the elder or principal party an indirect way to save face.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
taught/instructed you to say
Commonly used to accuse someone of repeating another person's scripted words.
all / entirely
Placed before a noun phrase or predicate to attribute an outcome entirely to that factor.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“But I'm also your cousin.”
“Then let's go meet this cousin.”
“You and Aunt believe in this stuff.”
“Look, speak of the devil.”
“Even my brother took in other apprentices,”
“Thanks for telling me, Cousin.”