is it cold, or just cowardice
Silence along is disfavored
After settling the incident in Svetloledovka, your questions about the current situation and Project Stuzha only increase. To gain more intel, you decide to make contact with the mysterious Rokot…
intel: Military, informal military intelligence; information【军】〈非正式〉军事情报; 情报。
Please present yourself for a routine inspection in accordance with theater regulations. Thank you
He’s part of the Special Assignments Battalion, but I only ever see him here for one thing — to look for a guy named “Mitya.
Supposedly a researcher, though he never seems to put much time in at the office. The theater is one of his favorite places to hang out when he’s playing hooky from work.
Yes, you did! Why are you denying it? It was right before I went Why are you denying it? It was right before I went on that rant
about the moody factory owner! Oh, I remember it so clearly…
You work here… You of all people ought to know that’s against the rules. It’s not what the greenroom is there for.
Oh, what’s the big deal? Come on, don’t be shy. I can give you an autograph. You can take a picture too if you want
Everything about you is perfectly in alignment with what we’re trying to achieve in the Rokot. So I figured I might as well cut to the chase..
Well, assuming Odette was telling the truth and she didn’t misjudge you, I guess we don’t need to worry about you blowing our cover…
[C, usually singular] ~ (for sth)activities or behaviour that seem honest or true but that hide sb’s real identity or feelings, or that hide sth illegal （对身份、感情或违法事情的）掩盖，掩饰
His work as a civil servant was a cover for his activities as a spy.
他以公务员的工作来掩护他搞间谍活动。
Her over-confident attitude was a cover for her nervousness.
她以过分自信的态度来掩饰她紧张的心情。
It would only take one phone call to blow their cover (= make known their true identities and what they were really doing).
只要拨打一个电话就可揭穿他们的伪装。
Still, you gave me a real fright! I didn’t know that’s why you came looking for me
Anyway, lemme give you a quick rundown of how things work. Like I said, the Rokot is a covert organization, and we hide our identities
Because of this, members are basically free to decide their methods without constraints, so long as the outcome of any activity doesn’t violate the organization’s principles.
After all, we don’t have any ostensible contact with each other. This way, if anything goes wrong, no one else will be implicated.
I tried reading it five or six times… never made it all the way through. Even the most lackluster script makes for more interesting reading
Link to originalmake/make for interesting/dull/depressing reading
If you say that a book or an article makes interesting reading or makes for interesting reading, you mean that it is interesting to read.
The list of drinks, a dozen pages long1, makes fascinating reading.
The report makes for depressing reading.
But he wouldn’t take the bait. No matter what I said, he kept dodging the question.
I had to juggle things around just to get him a half-decent seat, hoping he would appreciate the gesture enough to share some information. But nope! He didn’t give me anything!
Take the ticket situation, for instance — I’ve actually gotten him a private box in the past. But not only was he not even grateful, now he’s acting like I’ve sold him short this time!
sell sb short: to not value sb/yourself highly enough and show this by the way you treat or present them/yourself 低估，轻视，小瞧（某人或自己）
I was hoping he might let slip during one of our chats, but he’s too tight-lipped. We’ll have to find another way
Still, I hear that Mitya is a bit of a chatterbox. So, who knows? Maybe if we catch him in the right mood, he’ll let something slip.
Okay. In that case, you guys find a seat somewhere nearby, pretend you’re a couple of buddies there to eat, and keep your ears peeled for useful information.
keep your ˈeyes peeled/skinned (for sb/sth)
to look carefully for sb/sth 留心；注意；仔细查找
We kept our eyes peeled for any signs of life.
我们注意寻找任何生命的迹象。