而且在警察来之前
“And before the police arrived,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
谁都没说实话
“how it happened.”
而且 在 警察来 之前
“And before the police arrived,”
这俩人肯定是交流过
“they must have communicated.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese police procedurals emphasize timeline reconstruction ('chuandong') to expose fabricated alibis and collusion among suspects.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
prior to... / before...
Standard temporal construction used to establish an event occurring prior to a specific moment.
furthermore / moreover
Used to add a crucial reinforcing premise in reasoning or debate.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Once the police come to us,”
“Before this, didn't you police officers come to investigate?”
“Before the police come knocking,”
“And now I've had cops over from the mainland”
“(I heard a police officer arrive.)”
“If the cops hadn't come for that inspection,”