`1. ` But for his command of the local dialect, he would have been put in prison.

gt:

But for st/Ving, clause

put in the prison: vào tù

trans:

Chỉ vì thông thạo thổ ngữ địa phương, anh ta có thể đã bị bỏ tù.

5. The only thing that kept us out of prison was the way he spoke the local dialect

`=>` But for his command of the local dialect, we would have been put in prison.

`+)` but for + n/V-ing

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