Well, how about if I just ask you to stop, then?

好吧，那么，如果我要求你停工呢？

youdao

Well , I was surprised ; she didn’t ask me to come up to the stove , or to sit down , but just sat there , not even looking at me

咦，我挺奇怪。 她没请我到炉边去或请我坐下，她只是坐在那里，甚至看都不看我一眼。

youdao

So you ask yourself (it's 2 AM, and you must be alone, so you might as well talk to someone!), "I can either start to work on the report from scratch, or should I just start updating my resume?" A.

然后，您会问自己(这时是凌晨两点，您一定是独自一人在工作，否则还可以与他人交谈！)，“我是从头开始写报告呢，还是应该开始重新找工作？”

youdao

Well, I just have to ask as a final question, are we going to see more of Alex?

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And then if I could also just ask -- well, go ahead.

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