三人行，必有我师(焉)

语法
得 for possibility
https://mandarinbean.com/complements-of-possibility-2/
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Potential_complement

词汇
牛, cow (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
这么美的星空要是能看得久一点好了, this beautiful starry sky is better than it ever looked before
心急不得, we mustn't panic
吃点牛肉干, have some beef jerky

Me:
你这样说我就走不得。
这里的牛很牛。

语法
S1 + 显得 + S2 + predicate "X objectively appears to be Y" (top of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Comparing_%22xiande%22_and_%22kanqilai%22

词汇
月份, month; 月亮, moon ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
这样显得我特别愚蠢, this makes me look really stupid
有没有人说过您最近显得很不对劲, has anyone said you seem strange recently?
[no 月 of this kind]

Me:
不做作业显得你不感兴趣学习。
今天多云，我看不到月亮。

语法
V + 得/不着, "(not) capable of doing X" (part 5)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Advanced_potential_complements

词汇
人口, population; 人们, people; 人数, number of people; 爱人, lover; 大人, adult; 好人, good person; 坏人, bad person; 客人, guest; 商人, businessperson; 行人, pedestrian; 有人, there's someone; 主人, master ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
为了抓一个案犯用得着搞出这么大动静吗, can we use this many people to catch one criminal?
反正之后我也用不着了, anyway I couldn't use it after that
地处偏远人口不多, it's remote and the population is small

Me:
我吹不着了，口太疼了。
你知不知道这个城市的人口？

语法
V + 得起/不起, "can/can't afford to X" (part 3)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Advanced_potential_complements

词汇
让, "give way" (why is it glossed like that? "make/let" seems appropriate) (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
这个责任你负得起吗, can you (afford to) take this responsibility?
可我赌不起, but I can't afford to bet
放心，有老师在，不会让你有事的, don't worry, I'm here, I won't let anything happen to you

Me:
我等不起结果，一定要马上去。
让我看看报纸。

语法
V + 得了/不了 "can/can't do V (due to external circumstances)" (part 1)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Advanced_potential_complements

词汇
全, whole/entire/complete; 安全, safety; 全部, whole; 全国, entire country; 全家, entire family; 全年, annual; 全身, whole body; 全体, all/entire/whole ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
你觉得你跳得了吗? do you think you can escape? [I never understand why phrases like this don't use 以为 instead of 觉得.]
再说了，你都病了，这些东西你肯定吃不了, and also you're sick, you definitely can't eat these things
我把全部都给你了, I gave you everything

Me:
这个东西我吃不了，你都吃吧。
运动之后，全身都是汗。

语法
Reason + 害得 + bad result, "thanks to X, this bad thing happened"
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Indicating_negative_impact_with_%22haide%22

词汇
普通, ordinary; 普通话, Mandarin ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
抛不了我们家汪徵这么久，害得她最近每天都是以泪洗面, you left our Wang Zheng alone for so long, making her wash her face with tears every day lately
楚哥看我越发不顺眼，害得我只好躲在林静哥的实验室里, Chu-ge gets more and more annoyed when he looks at me, so all I can do is hide in Lin Jing-ge's lab.
我不过是一个普通的...普通的什么呀？普通的绝世高手？还是普通的地星领袖？ But I'm just an ordinary... An ordinary what? An ordinary man of incomparable skill? An ordinary leader of Dixing?

Me:
火车延迟了，害得会议之前我没有时间吃午饭。
为了学习普通话，可以用普通的书。

语法
难怪/怪不得 X，原来 Y "no wonder X, on account of Y" (middle of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22no_wonder%22

词汇
服务, service; 舒服, comfortable ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
难怪夜尊有恃无恐的，原来他早就埋了后手, no wonder Ye Zun is sure of help to call on, he's long since laid plans to fall back on [I learned 有恃无恐 first in a very different context...]
难怪你会带我来这，原来是想看我自露马脚, no wonder you brought me here, you wanted to show me where I slipped up
电话打过了，不在服务区, I called the number, it's not in service

Me:
怪不得她会吹长笛吹得这么好，原来她从小吹了。
那家酒店的服务特别好。

语法
V + 得 + ~ "can" (top of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Potential_complement

词汇
参观, visit; 参加, participate (also "take" as in a test, etc.) ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
现在是个人都看得出来我喜欢赵云澜, right now everyone can see I like Zhao Yunlan [I wonder how 是个人 is working there]
那行了，这摄政官老哥参观也参观够了吧, fine, you've seen enough now, Regent old pal, right?
连参加孩子毕业典礼的时间都没有, you don't even have the time to show up to your son's graduation ceremony.

Me:
我不说谎呢，这本书我真的看得懂。
我参加过汉语水平考试一次。

语法
V + 得 + Adj. "how (well) V is done" (top of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Degree_complement

词汇
不少, quite a few; 少数, minority ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
画得不错啊，这是挺帅的, drawn pretty well, this is quite good-looking
课题报告我看完了，做得还不错, I've looked over your assignment report and they're done quite well.
老实说，欣赏我的人可真不少呢, in fact, quite a few people have good things to say about me

Me:
我吃得太快了，现在肚子很疼。
这份文件问题不少。