一半真话一半假话
“telling half-truths.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
他们俩现在明显就是
“Clearly, they're both”
一半 真话 一半 假话
“telling half-truths.”
要不然也不能有这么多
“That would explain”
“They are deliberately mixing facts with lies to throw us off track.”
In Chinese interpersonal strategy, mixing truth with falsehood is seen as the most sophisticated and difficult-to-detect form of evasion.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
half truths and half lies
A common spoken phrase used to describe a deceptive mixture of fact and fiction.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Speak truthfully,”
“If two out of ten drunken ramblings are real, it's enough.”
“Truth or Dare. We spin the bottle. Bottle points,”
“everything's starting to feel”
“Largely fiction, with a grain of truth.”