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Hidden Agenda
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Plot overview
A high-stakes drama centered on a protagonist operating under a veil of secrecy, executing a complex, long-term plan against powerful rivals. The plot involves intricate corporate espionage and strategic deception, leading to intense confrontations. The series follows the deliberate steps taken to achieve the protagonist's destructive motive, culminating in the shocking reveal of the true 'hidden agenda' and its devastating consequences for the elite circles involved.
Level insight
Dialogue involves strategic planning, formal accusations, and sophisticated vocabulary related to business strategy and legal confrontation.
Learning goals
Learn vocabulary for strategic planning and execution
Practice formal language used in serious accusations and confrontations
Master expressions for uncovering secrets and expressing suspicion
Lingos you'll learn in this series
take someone long enough
Mother! took you long enough
An expression used to imply that someone has arrived or completed a task later than expected or desired, often with mild sarcasm or impatience.
be supposed to do something
supposed to be happy?
Used to describe what is expected or required of someone, often expressing surprise or confusion when the expectation is not met.
just you wait
Just you wait
A common spoken phrase used as a warning or threat that someone will soon experience negative consequences.
Don't be ridiculous
Don't be ridiculous. We all know
A fixed pragmatic expression used to dismiss an idea or suggestion as foolish, absurd, or highly exaggerated.
all one's doing
Is this all your doing?
An idiomatic phrase meaning that someone is solely responsible for an event or outcome, usually a negative one.
be engaged to someone
still engaged to Mia.
Having promised to marry someone.
I am sorry to be the one to tell you
I'm sorry to be the one to tell you
A common pragmatic phrase used to introduce unwelcome or bad news, showing regret that the speaker has to deliver it.
with all due respect
With all due respect ma'am.
A formal phrase used to introduce a statement that politely expresses disagreement or criticism.
take someone
Did you take my father?
In this context, 'take' is a euphemism or contextual slang meaning to kill or abduct someone.
not let something get to someone
Don't let it get to you, okay?
A phrase used to advise someone not to be bothered, upset, or negatively affected by a criticism or event.
no kidding
No kidding.
An informal phrase used to express strong agreement or confirmation, often implying that the stated fact is obvious or surprising.
lay eyes on someone/something
moment I laid my eyes on you.
An idiomatic expression meaning to see someone or something for the first time.
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