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Friends passed the word that the miners wanted to see him.

朋友们传话说矿工们想见他。

Faculty members complain that their students are unprepared to do college-level work.

学院的老师们抱怨说他们的学生还很不适应大学的课业。

"Ah, Captain Fox," Martin McGuinness said affably. "Nice to see you again."

“啊，福克斯上尉，”马丁·麦吉尼斯亲切地说，“很高兴再次见到您。”

He said the issue was not a major irritant.

他说那个问题不是什么大问题。

These large institutions make — and change—the rules to suit themselves.

这些大机构总是随意制定规定，而且说变就变。

He was carrying on about some stupid television series.

他喋喋不休地说着某个无聊的电视连续剧。

"His memory must be completely back, then?" — "Just about."

“这么说，他的记忆一定是完全恢复了？”——“差不多。”

Politicians say it could lead to a dissolution of parliament.

政客们说这可能会导致议会解散。

At a later news conference, he said differences should not be dramatized.

在后来的新闻发布会上，他说不应夸大分歧。

Bishop Daly said he was devastated by news of the Cardinal's death.

戴利主教说他听到红衣主教去世的消息后感到极为震惊和难过。

He told some lies and sometimes just embroidered the truth.

他说了些谎，有时只是对事实添油加醋了一番。

He talks quite slowly and spaces his words out.

他说得很慢，每个词之间都有停顿。

"I think I'll try a hypnotist," I said with sudden resolution.

“我会找催眠师试试，”我突然坚决地说。

"Welcome back" was all they said. I could have kissed them!

他们只是说，“欢迎回来。”我真想亲他们一下！

Things might have been different if I'd talked a bit more.

如果当时我再多说一点的话，结果或许会不一样。