Hello there. This monologue is taken from an old movie about relations between the spies and the businessman. Does it sound natural? Could you correct, please.
- Today I'm going to talk frankly (openly). First - you have an abnormal shortfall, second - you are associated (connected) with the death of the man from London, third - you have a more than trusting relationship with me. Any of these facts is more than enough for burst-up. Further are investigation, trial, prison.
The word, ‘shortfall’ does not seem suitable. ) That makes ‘an abnormal shortfall’ even more difficult to imagine. Likewise, ‘burst-up’ is not correct.
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The word, ‘shortfall’ does not seem suitable. (One has a shortfall when he fails to come up with sufficient money for his rent.) That makes ‘an abnormal shortfall’ even more difficult to imagine.
Likewise, ‘burst-up’ is not correct. There is a colloquial expression, ‘bust-up’, which means the dissolution of an agreement between two or more people.
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