The only thing that kept us out of prison was the way he spoke the local dialect.
The only thing that kept us out of prison was the way he spoke the local dialect.
A. The way he spoke the local dialect was unique.
B. We were sent to prison because he spoke only one dialect.
C. We sent him to prison because he spoke the local dialect.
D. But for his command of the local dialect, we would have been put in prison.