Some people do talk to pets as if they were human beings, but they have the satisfaction of knowing that the pets cannot answer back and engage them in argument.

一些人会把宠物当作人一样和它们交谈，他们很高兴这些动物不能回答他们的问题，不会和他们争论。

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Answer me when I talk to you... Don't talk back to me!

我和你说话时要回答我……别顶嘴！

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And then, I'm going to skip down a little bit: Though she never again called back any image of the dead man to dress up, pose, talk to and make answer, neither would she lose a new compassion for the cul-de-sac he'd tried to find a way out of, for the enigma his efforts had created.

接下来，我会跳过一些内容往下说：,虽然她从没有想起过，那个死人穿衣、摆弄姿势、,说话和回答问题时的样子，她也不会失去对他的同情，对他尝试摆脱,无路可走的困境所付出的，谜团一般的努力。

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