Elinor tried to make a civil answer, though doubting her own success.

埃丽诺想给她个客气的回答，可又怀疑自己是否做得到。

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The writer of the letter asked a civil question; attack cats, then, only if you can do so with good humor, good taste, and in such a way that your answer will be courteous as well as responsive.

致信者问得彬彬有礼而你想攻击猫的话也要富有幽默感，这样你的回复就能既客气又反映地得体。

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Serbia's civil servants must get over their grumpiness, answer queries with a smile and stop wearing shorts to work, according to a new code of conduct that came into force this month.

塞尔维亚本月实施的一项新的行为规范要求公务员收起不得体行为，回答公众质询时要面带微笑，而且不得穿短裤上班。

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Many different government agencies, civil-military partnerships and,again,a comprehensive approach to these problems is the answer,".

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Mr Gove and Mr Wormald had been recalled to answer questions about a senior civil servant's allegations of bullying by one of the secretary of state's special advisers, Dominic Cummings, and James Frayne, his department's former head of communications.

BBC: Gove 'not informed of bullying adviser claim', MPs told

McDougal has been held in a Los Angeles county jail while she awaits trial on local charges but is under federal custody for civil contempt for refusing to answer questions before a Whitewater grand jury in Little Rock, Ark.

CNN: AllPolitics - Starr Will Not Have To Appear In Santa Monica Court

The President, however, testified under oath in the civil case -- both in his deposition and in a written answer to an interrogatory -- that he did not have a "sexual relationship" or a "sexual affair" or "sexual relations" with Ms. Lewinsky.

CNN: There is Substantial and Credible Information that