Though I have been speaking figuratively, a time is coming when I will no longer use this kind of language but will tell you plainly about my Father.

这些事，我是用比喻对你们说的；时候将到，我不再用比喻对你们说，乃要将父明明地告诉你们。

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Many assumed he wrote the screed because Rooney's longtime habit of writing or speaking plainly on sensitive topics had left him open to attacks in the past by activist groups.

很多人都误认为他写了这篇文章，这是因为鲁尼长期以来的写作和谈话习惯，总是直截了当地探讨敏感话题，这也使得他容易受到激进主义团体的攻击。

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Do you mind my smoking [speaking plainly]?

我抽根烟[实话实说]，你介意吗？

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Plainly speaking it is too much austerity, much too quickly.

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It's not a matter of seeing who will blink first but of speaking plainly to allies who ultimately need us more than we need them.

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Even if it were equally true that John Bolton cannot avoid speaking plainly to those sorts, the people who reelected George Bush probably would have no problem being represented at the UN by such a man.

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