Farsi teacher moderated it and it went something like this: You recited a verse from a poem and your opponent had sixty seconds to reply with a verse that began with the same letter that ended yours.

教授法尔西语课的老师从中主持，规则大抵是这样的：你背一句诗，你的对手有六秒钟的时间可以回答，但必须是以你背出来那句诗最后一个字开头的诗句。

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Linton did not reply to this, I believe; and, in a fortnight more, I got a long letter which I considered odd, coming from the pen of a bride just out of the honeymoon.

我相信林惇没回这封信。过了两个多星期，我收到一封长信，这信出自一个刚过完蜜月的新娘的笔下，我认为很古怪。

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A different Love letter and a beautiful reply to it.

一封与众不同的情书，以及美妙的回复。

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He said he had yet to receive a reply to a letter he wrote to UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw four weeks ago on behalf of the British detainees.

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The outcome was unclear, a council official saying he sent a letter to the government but got no reply, while other residents doubted a letter was ever sent.

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He said that he had written a personal letter to Bush after the debate asking for an apology but had not received a reply.

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