I must ask you to tone down your remarks; they are giving offence to some of our visitors.
我们必须要求你说话语气和缓一些, 因为你的话得罪了一些客人.
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Some people exterminate garden insects by spraying poison on the plants.
有些人在植物上喷撒毒剂以杀死花园内的昆虫.
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Some people are often reproached for unpunctuality when their only fault is cutting things fine.
有的人因不准时而受到指责,这时他们唯一的过失就是把时间抠得太紧了.
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The batsman began slowly but once he got his eye in he started to play some very good shots.
那个击球手起步较慢,但是当他的眼光变得准确起来后,他打了几个很好的球.
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西尔维亚与主管人相处得不好,因而害怕他会捏造一些罪名使她名誉扫地.
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We went down town to do some Christmas shopping and all the world and his wife were there.
我们去市里购买圣诞用品,那里人山人海.
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表面上道貌岸然的人或有声望的家庭,却有着骇人听闻,多年不让人知道的秘密,这样的事情我们经常在小说里读到.
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He didn't like the food, but he made a pretence of eating some of it as he was a guest.
他不喜欢这道菜, 但因为他是客人,所以假装吃了一些.
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