我的意思是说
“I mean,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不可能
“No way.”
我的意思是说
“I mean,”
“she have no reason to do that, right?”
“Don't dismiss me so quickly; hear out what I actually mean.”
Prefacing a counter-argument with phrases like 'what I mean is' softens the friction, allowing both parties to debate without personal hostility.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
what I mean is; what I am trying to say is
An essential spoken conversational buffer used to clarify, restate, or smooth over a potential disagreement.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“What I mean is,”
“I was trying to say”
“I mean, what I really meant was…”
“Listen to me. When I measure it like this,”