當時我設法讓別人聽得懂我說的英語。

At the time, I managed to make myself understood in English.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 當時 dāngshí
  1. then
  2. at that time
  3. while
=1 當時 dàngshí
  1. at once
  2. right away
2 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
3 設法 shèfǎ
  1. to try
  2. to make an attempt
  3. to think of a way (to accomplish sth)
4 讓 ràng
  1. to yield
  2. to permit
  3. to let sb do sth
  4. to have sb do sth
  5. to make sb (feel sad etc)
  6. by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被 bèi)
=5 別人 biéren other people; others; other person
=5 別人 biérén others; other people
6 聽得懂 tīngdedǒng
  1. to understand (by hearing)
  2. to catch (what sb says)
7 我說 wǒshuō
  1. I wondered that and now it makes sense that...
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 我, 說 /说.
=8 的 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 pígéde "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. dì or di in poetry and songs
=8 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=8 的 dí really and truly
=8 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
9 英語 Yīngyǔ English (language)