"What is it?" his wife asked again, gently but insistently.

“这是什么？”他妻子再次问道，语气温和但很坚决。

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His wife asked him to guess who had just telephoned her, but Paul couldn't.

他太太要他猜一猜谁刚才给她打来了电话，但保罗猜不出来。

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I went back home and his wife asked me did you see him, is he dead, where is he?

回到家，他妻子问我是否找到他，他是否死了，他在哪。

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But one morning he come in, and Smiley asked him how was his wife, and he said she was better,thank God.

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He had left his laboratory in the care of his assistant, washed the chemicals from his hands and asked a beautiful woman to become his wife.

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When his wife asked him where he had gone, he held his stomach feigning illness.

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When his wife asked him to come to bed earlier, he explained that he was still working.

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He and his wife asked the media to leave them alone for 24 hours so they could spend time with their grandchildren.

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