John tried to say something, but Frank cut him short.

约翰想说点什么，但是弗兰克打断了他。

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But the plump hen cut him short, laughing, "Aha, your words are so interesting that I can't help wanting to sleep for a while."

但是，胖母鸡打断他的话，笑起来说：“哈哈，你的话真有趣嘛，听了只使我想睡觉。”

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"Wait a moment," Grandpa Hodge stroked his beard and cut him short, "Have you sifted the news you will tell me with three sieves?"

“等一下，”霍奇爷爷摸了摸胡子，打断了他的话，“你要告诉我的消息，用三个筛子筛过了吗？”

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Related to the above, for most of the debate Obama was way ahead in time he was allowed to talk and Schieffer never tried to cut him short once.

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An online social network for Gingrich in the Granite State may help him short-cut things, but it's pretty late to just be getting started.

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Thain took the job after CIT went bankrupt and has been working on a turnaround for both the bank and his own career which was cut short when Bank of America fired him as head of Merrill Lynch after the takeover.

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