湯姆想私下跟瑪麗講話。

Tom wanted to speak to Mary privately.

Tom wanted to talk to Mary in private.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 湯姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
2 想 xiǎng
  1. to think (about)
  2. to think of; to devise
  3. to think (that); to believe (that)
  4. to desire; to want (to)
  5. to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
3 私下 sīxià in private
4 跟 gēn
  1. heel
  2. to follow closely
  3. to go with
  4. (of a woman) to marry sb
  5. with
  6. compared with
  7. to
  8. towards
  9. and (joining two nouns)
5 瑪麗 Mǎlì
  1. Mary or Marie (name)
  2. Mali
6 講話 jiǎnghuà
  1. a speech
  2. to speak
  3. to talk
  4. to address

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