我既答应过你 任你调查
“Since I promised to cooperate,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
很快的
“Mr. Xiao is good at this. It will be fast.”
我既 答应过 你 任你调查
“Since I promised to cooperate,”
便也没有反悔的道理
“I won't go back on my word.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Confucian leadership values honoring agreements and granting delegated officials full latitude once trust has been committed.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
since/now that... then...
A formal correlative structure used to draw a decisive conclusion based on an established premise.
let you freely; allow you at your discretion
Literary and formal chunk indicating conferring total autonomy or leeway to someone.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I've made you a promise. Why would I lie to you?”
“You have my approval.”
“Does that mean you agree? I never said that.”
“If I say yes, would you believe me?”
“You promised to call me as soon as you got back.”
“I wouldn't have promised to be with you.”