I wanted to speak to the manager but I got his secretary instead.

我想与经理谈话，可接电话的却是他的秘书。

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I was a lousy secretary.

我曾是个蹩脚的秘书。

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I just can't get along without a secretary.

没有秘书我简直寸步难行。

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Secretary Clinton gave that apology last month: "I think everyone is very sorry that it happened."

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First of all, I found secretary Rumsfeld a very easy person to deal with in a sense that he's very professional, very strict, very honest, not the kind of guy who, you know, take a different position, try to around behind your back. If he's going to stab you, he's going to stab you in the chest.

首先，我发现拉姆斯菲尔德秘书长,是很容易打交道的人,我指的是他非常专业，非常严格，非常诚恳，不像那类人，因为观点立场不同,就从你背后放冷箭,如果他想杀了你，也是从正面进攻。

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ALLEN: "Allen and Benny." SECRETARY: "I thought you said it was Benny and Allen."

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Now, when I chose Gary Locke for my Commerce Secretary, I mentioned his own remarkable story.

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When I announced Kathleen as my choice for HHS Secretary, I said that one of her responsibilities would be to make certain our nation is prepared for a pandemic.

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When the Qaddafi regime came to an end, Chris was there to serve as our ambassador to the new Libya, and he worked tirelessly to support this young democracy, and I think both Secretary Clinton and I relied deeply on his knowledge of the situation on the ground there.

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