三人行，必有我师(焉)

成语
兴风作浪 to stir up havoc, deliberately attract attention/trouble (lit. to excite the wind and make waves)
不作死就不会死 if you don't want trouble, don't ask for it (lit. don't do stupid things and you won't die)
交情匪浅 intimate, with mutual understanding
( ”pinyin” )

词汇
农村, countryside; 农民, farmer; 农业, agriculture ( ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
这次不光是底下的人兴风作浪, this time it's not just the underground people stirring up havoc
他们有句老话，不作死就不会死啊, they always say don't make trouble if you don't want it
你们赵处不是和他交情匪浅，难道领主不知道， your Chief Zhao is very close to him, surely the Guardian knows?
为了你我们可牺牲了农村的一分钟啊, we've sacrificed a minute of the countryside for you

Me:
他喜欢兴风作浪，但是本来就不是个坏人。
他们有一个农业公司。

成语
云淡风轻 clear (weather), carefree, relaxed (lit. mild clouds, light wind)
侃侃而谈 voluble, a confident speaker
开门见山 to get right to the point, to cut to the chase (lit. open the door, see the mountain)
( pinyin )

词汇
作家, writer; 作文, composition/essay; 作业, homework; 作用, effect; 叫做, to be called ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
您目睹了凶案现场还这么云淡风轻的, you're so calm even after witnessing the site of a murder
你侃侃而谈的样子很像我认识的一个人, you talk so easily, just like someone else I know
我的时间不多，就开门见山吧, I don't have much time, let us get to the point
谁知道这些奇幻小说作家的脑子里到底是什么鬼东西, who knows what strange things live in the brains of these fantasy writers

Me:
他一般那么腼腆，没想到一问他对于工作问他就会那么侃侃而谈。
你放心，这种药没有副作用。

语法
曾经 + V + 过, "once did X, used to X" (top of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22once%22_with_%22cengjing%22

词汇
叫作, be called/known as (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
我们曾经惧怕过这种现象, we used to fear these phenomena
我曾经说过，这个孩子可能是改变世界的关键, I once said this child might be the key to changing the world
要不然你就叫做沈巍, how about being called Shen Wei [a quick check suggests 叫做 is a variant spelling of 叫作]

Me:
我曾经每天都吃过巧克力。
这个花叫作牵牛花。