三人行，必有我师(焉)

语法
V + 来 + V + 去 "doing X this way and that" (literally or metaphorically)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Using_%22lai%22_and_%22qu%22_when_%22verbing_around%22

词汇
什么样, what kind of (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
这个不用你说，每日在我面前走来走去, you don't need to tell me, going back and forth in front of me every day
我想来想去也没有办法，我只能来找你, I've thought up one side and down the other but there was nothing to be done, all I could do was come find you
我很好奇，你的梦会是什么样的呢，我亲爱的哥哥, I'm very curious what kind of dream yours will be, my dear brother.

Me:
我们论来论去还没同意。
你喜欢看什么样的书？

语法
V + 出(来) "to come out with, come up with, perceive" (part 3)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Advanced_result_complements_%22zhu%22,_%22kai%22,_and_%22chulai%22

词汇
如果, if; 比如(说), 例如, for example; 不如, not as good as ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
我做出过很多次提案，可因为地星的情况太复杂了，它没给批过, I've come up with numerous proposals, but the situation in Dixing is so complicated that they haven't been considered.
这么明显你都没看出来啊？ you can't see it when it's in front of your nose?
如果有一天我不辞而别， 你可别怪我，你只需要知道我们一定会再见面的, if one day I disappear without notice, don't blame me, you just need to know we will meet again.

Me:
你真的很厉害，我千万不能想出来这样想法。
如果你有空的话，我们下周一起喝点茶聊聊吧。

语法
就 + X + 而言 (formal)/来说 (casual) "with regard to X only" (bottom of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Limiting_scope_with_%22jiu%22

词汇
路边, roadside; 道路, road; 公路, highway; 问路, ask for directions; 一路平安, safe journey; 一路顺风, bon voyage ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
就那天接触而言，我觉得他不像是烛九的同伙, with regard to that day's contact, I don't believe him to be one of Zhu Jiu's people.
就你刚才的表现而言, with regard to the expression you used just now
路边的店里, in a store on the street

Me:
就昨天的问题来说，我觉得我们不该怪他。
我们在路边的小店买了很多桃子，你也吃吧。

语法
X + 呢 + 还是 Y + 呢？/5W1H Q + 呢 （using 呢 to suggest "I wonder...") (top of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Softening_the_tone_of_questions_with_%22ne%22

词汇
来自, come from; 带来, bring; 过来, come; 后来, later; 接下来, next; 原来, originally; 越来越, more and more ( pinyin )

语法
本来 + (是）+ (不) + 要/应该/会/... + V + 的 "originally was/wasn't..." (top of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22originally%22_with_%22benlai%22

词汇
接, meet/pick up; 接到, receive; 接受, accept; 接下来, 接着, next; 直接, direct ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
我本来不喜欢吃豆制品的, I didn't use to like bean foods
我那时候本来应该害怕的, I should have started out afraid then
我接到你的电话就第一时间跑出来了, I came running as soon as I got your call.

Me:
这个植物本来是应该做很多番茄的，但是因为天气一直不好所以不那么多。
你接下来要做什么？

语法
看来, "apparently" (top of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Assessing_situations_with_%22kanlai%22

词汇
护照, passport (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
看来赵处长是真的想要探我的底啊, it seems you are determined to plumb my depths
看来黑袍使大人并不像他看上去那么冷酷无情, apparently Lord Black Cloak is not as ruthless as he seemed
[no 护照. imagine if you needed a passport to pass through a portal or a wormhole?]

Me:
看来那个大的建筑就是学校，我看到了很多穿校服的孩子出来。
千万不要忘记护照。

语法
来说 phrases: 一般来说，总的来说 (generally speaking), 相对来说 (relatively speaking), 严格来说 (strictly speaking), 具体来说 (specifically) (bottom of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Phrases_using_%22laishuo%22

词汇
店, shop; 酒店, hotel; 药店, pharmacy ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
严格来说，也是你们特调出的最高领导, strictly speaking, it is also the senior authority over you at the SID.
然后他就把对方引诱到了酒店, then he lured the other man to a hotel
你倒好，自己安安心心地开起了花店, all very well for you, calmly opening up a flower store

Me:
他非常喜欢咖啡。具体来说，他一天喝五六杯咖啡。
你趁着去超市的话，那就给我去药店买一些头疼药。

语法
越来越 + V/Adj. + 了, "more and more ~"
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22more_and_more%22_with_%22yuelaiyue%22
(I like this one, I find it kind of neat for some reason.)

词汇
得, get [same character, different usage from our friend 得 the particle]; 得出, conclude; 懂得, understand; 取得, obtain ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
你现在真是越来越陌生了, now you're more and more of a stranger
怎么忘记的东西越来越多了, how come I forget more and more things?
你会得到想要的一切, you'll get everything you want

Me:
这本书试试看越来越有意思了。
你看到以后怎么得出了？

语法
Compound direction complements: V + direction verb + 来/去 (bottom of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Direction_complement

词汇
不一会儿, in a little while; in no time (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
滚出去, get the fuck out (sorry, I couldn't resist)
我刚刚搬过来的, I just moved here
这个人看上去最多二十岁, this person looks twenty at the outside
[sadly no 不一会儿]

Me:
我试试把猫咪抚摸，但是它跑出去了。
你等等，我不一会儿回来。

语法
来 used to mean "do it," etc. rather than "come"
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Using_%22lai%22_as_a_dummy_verb

词汇
笔, pen; 笔记, note(s); 笔记本, notebook ( pinyin )