说什么调查惹麻烦 没意义 实际上
“saying the investigation is troublesome and pointless. Actually,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“you've wavered. You can't convince us, so you change the subject,”
说什么 调查惹麻烦 没意义 实际上
“saying the investigation is troublesome and pointless. Actually,”
“it's just that you can't get benefits anymore. Enough. You're angry out of embarrassment.”
“Cut the fake excuses; we all know you only care about your own kickbacks.”
Directly calling out someone's selfish motives violates indirect face preservation and indicates an open, irreversible confrontation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
claiming that... / using the excuse that...
Used at the start of a clause to quote someone's excuse dismissively, showing that the speaker considers it fake or hollow.
stir up trouble / court trouble
A frequent colloquial idiom denoting causing unnecessary complications.
in fact / in reality
Used to pivot sharply from a false pretext to the harsh underlying truth.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“if you're not careful with this investigation,”
“Once we get to the bottom of it, we won't favor anyone.”
“As long as we get to the bottom of this, there's no problem.”
“”
“So you're here to investigate me?”
“Aren't you going to look into that?”