第两百二十九天

[nnozomi]

语法
还是 + V for something like "even so it happened..." (middle of page) I find this very unintuitive, especially as 还是 has a zillion meanings...
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Continuation_with_%22hai%22

词汇
起, arise/start; also 起床, get up (in the morning), 起来, get up/verb complement, 一起, together, 对不起, sorry 起 qǐ, arise/start; also 起床 qǐchuáng, get up (in the morning), 起来 qǐlái, get up/verb complement, 一起 yìqǐ, together, 对不起 duìbuqǐ, sorry
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-1-word-list/

Link to introductory grammar, day 15

Guardian:
她和我约定了会照顾我一辈子，可奶奶终究还是老了, Grandma promised me to look after me my whole life, but she got old even so
你的脚应该没事，起来吧, your foot should be fine, get up.
就算您把话说得再不明不白，可您还是我的救命恩人啊, no matter how hard it is to understand you (?), you're still my savior.

Me:
我知道我不该再吃一块巧克力，可我还是吃完了。
他起床的时候，喝杯咖啡才能说人话。