If you have not heard what a caller said, it is much more polite to say "I'm sorry. Could you say this again, please?" than to simply say "What?"

如果你还没有听到打电话的人说了什么，更礼貌的说法是：“对不起。你能再说一遍吗？”而不是简单地说：“什么？”

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We can say this and we can say that, but the most important thing is not to say, but instead to do.

我们可以说这说那，但最重要的事不是说，而是做。

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But, as he remarks, to say that they have never had it so good is not to say they cannot have it better.

但是，如他所说，认为这是女性最好的时代并不代表她们不能更好。

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But professors at big schools say there is not enough time to write evaluations for each student in large classes.

VOA: special.2009.03.05

The point is simply to recognize that the apples are occult symbols, which is to say they're not apples.

关键是要认识,苹果是神秘主义的象征，就是说它们并不是苹果。

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That is not to say that one shouldn't deal with death or sexuality in the ordinary course of life.

这并不是不能在平凡的生活中,涉及死亡或生殖。

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To say that Russia's strength is exaggerated is not to say that it should be allowed to escape its Georgian adventure unpunished.

ECONOMIST: NATO and the invasion of Georgia

It is not uncharitable to say the Canadian study is confusing, and it is not unwarranted to say its findings might be the result of chance as a real correlation.

FORBES: Minimum Pricing, Maximum Confusion: Should Governments Fix The Price Of Booze?

To say that Scotland would face a more difficult fiscal position in the medium to long-term is not to say that an independent Scotland could not handle that, but to say that a serious debate is required about HOW it would handle it.

BBC: Scottish independence: not whether, but how?