三人行，必有我师(焉)

语法
竟然/居然 “surprisingly, unexpectedly"
https://mandarinbean.com/jingran-vs-juran/
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_the_unexpected_with_%22jingran%22

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

Guardian:
你竟然又失败了, I'm surprised to find you have failed again
这儿居然有电话亭啊, who would have thought there was a phone booth here
我是不是真的特别没用, am I really especially useless?

Me:
他13岁的时候身高竟然长大了10厘米。
没有一本没用的书。

成语
蹬鼻子上脸 to walk all over someone, to take advantage (lit. to step on someone's nose and climb on their face)
愁眉苦脸 to look anxious, upset, unhappy
没羞没臊 shameless, unabashed
( ”pinyin” )

词汇
个人, personal/individual; 个性, personality; 整个, whole ( ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
平时就阴沉沉的不知道给谁看，今儿怎么样想蹬鼻子上脸啊, you're usually gloomy no matter who's around and today you're trying to take advantage?
我这不用看，我都知道你们个个肯定愁眉苦脸的, I don't need to see, I can tell each of you is looking unhappy
只有你才敢跟我称兄道弟的，没羞没臊, you're the only one shameless enough to get so familiar with me
你真的了解它的个性吗, do you really understand its personality?

Me:
你老是蹬鼻子上脸，别高估自己了。
必须尊重个人的隐私。

语法
Yes-no questions with 不 and 没有
https://mandarinbean.com/affirmative-negative-question/
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Affirmative-negative_question

词汇
到达, arrive; 到底, to the end (?); 报到, check in; 达到, achieve; 放到, put into; 赶到, get to; 直到, until ( ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
十万字! 可不可以少一点? 100,000 characters! can it be a little shorter?
你那个黑能量探测仪修好了没有, have you fixed that dark energy detector or not?
我没有看到这些孩子安全到达目的地，我不放心， I won't relax until I see these kids reach their destination safely

Me:
快吃啊，你饿了没有？
那条火车一个小时以前到达了。

语法
S + 不常 + V "X doesn't happen often" vs S + 往往 + 不/没 + V "X tends not to be the case" (bottom of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Comparing_%22changchang%22_and_%22wangwang%22

词汇
信, letter/mail/faith; 信号, signal; 信息, information; 信心, confidence; 信用卡, credit card; 短信, text message; 相信, believe ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
地星里不常见到草花, you can't often see flowers and plants in Dixing
把你知道的信息告诉我们, tell us the information you know
不管你要去哪里，我都有信心和你再重逢, no matter where you go, I am sure we will meet again

Me:
这里不常下雪，很可惜。
你等一下，这里信号不好，我出去外面再试试。

语法
连 + 一 + measure word (+ N) + 都 + 不/没 + V "doesn't...even one X" (bottom of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Advanced_uses_of_%22lian%22

词汇
天上, sky/heaven; 春天, spring; 冬天, winter; 晴天, sunny day; 秋天, autumn; 夏天, summer; 阴天, cloudy day ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
连一张写字台都没有, there isn't even a single desk
你连一句留我的话都舍不得说, you can't spare even one line telling me to stay?
[no 天上]

Me:
我今天又试试去书店，可是我在等的新书他们连一本书都还没有。
看看天上，快要下雨了。

语法
SV1 + S2 + 不但/不仅 + 不/没 + V2 + S3 + 反而 + V3 (phew) "When X happened, not only did Y not happen, the OPPOSITE of Y happened"
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22on_the_contrary%22_with_%22fan%27er%22

词汇
轻, light (as in not heavy), 年轻, young ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
现在关于我们特调处的负面新闻不仅没有减少，反而越传越离谱, right now the negative news about our SID is not just not decreasing, it's getting farther from the truth the more it spreads [so satisfying to find an exact example of a weird grammatical pattern in real usage]
你这太年轻肯定不行, you're too young, forget about it.
我轻点, I'll [rub salve on your arm] a little more lightly.

Me:
冷了的时候，我的花花不仅没死，它们反而开起来花得很漂亮。
这个盒子并不轻，你帮我拿一下。

语法
再也没 + V + 过, "has never done X again" (bottom of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22never_again%22_with_%22zai_ye_bu%22

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

Guardian:
从那天以后，我就再也没见过她, I've never seen her since that day
李茜的奶奶下葬之后，那个地星人也再也没有出现过了, since Li Qian's grandmother's funeral, that Dixingren has never appeared again
你的脚应该没事，起来吧, your foot should be fine, get up.

Me:
从那天以后，他再也没跟她说过话。
我不想走路，我脚很疼。

不好意思啊，我因为去一趟小旅游所以暂时不能回答评论，请等一下）
语法
差点(儿)没 + V, “X almost didn’t happen” (but did happen, where X is a good thing) (top of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22almost%22_using_%22chadian_mei%22

词汇
回, times; 回国, return to one’s country ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
[no 差点没]
实验都做过几百回了, the experiment has already been done hundreds of times
Me:
不行，我差点没赶上地铁。
回国的路太远了。

语法
没有 + noun + 不/没 ～, "none of X are not Y" (bottom of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22double_negation%22

词汇
单位, company (I know this as "unit," either in the sense of SI or in "assigned location of work" etc.) (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
没有父亲不疼孩子的嘛, no father doesn't suffer for his children
这一位呢，是我们单位最人畜无害的小鲜肉, this is the most harmless young gent at our workplace
听我们长城说你在单位里特别照顾他, we've heard Changcheng say you take special care of him at work

Me:
这些书没有一本没有意思。
他虽然喜欢他的工作，但是不太喜欢单位的人间关系的问题。

二百五的天来了，怎么办...

语法
(length of time) 没 V 了, haven't done something for X duration
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_duration_of_inaction

词汇
什么, what (also abbreviated to 啥, which I enjoy); 干什么, what to do; 没什么, it's nothing ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-1-word-list/

Link to introductory grammar, day 36

Guardian:
都二十多年没见到人了, you haven't seen him in more than twenty years
跟咱们也没什么关系, it's nothing to do with us
你笑什么? what are you laughing at?

Me:
我很长时间没吃巧克力了，但是还想吃。
你干什么呀，我的蛋糕你不要吃。