One day, a magician came to the man and said to him, "I can make your son happy and turn his frowns into smiles, but you must pay me a great price for telling him the secret."

一天，一个魔术师来到这个人跟前，对他说：“我可以让你的儿子高兴，让他一展愁眉露出微笑，但你必须为告诉他这个秘密付出巨大代价。”

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It'll hopefully be our helping hand, our secret language, our way of telling each other if we're a bit hot.

希望它能助我们一力，成为我们的秘密语言，如果我们热了，我们可以用这种方式告诉彼此。

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Instead, Collins got them to give him a ride in the opposite direction, by telling them the plane had a nuclear weapon on board—a prearranged cover story to keep the Area 51 craft a secret.

但是，科林斯却请他们带他去相反的方向，他告诉他们这架飞机载有核武器————这是事先安排好的说辞，是为了保守51区飞机的秘密。

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Mr Wahid also caused a stir when he claimed that several generals had held a secret meeting without telling him, although there was no evidence of this.

ECONOMIST: Waiting for Wahid

He could also turn strike-breaker, telling the Longbridge toolmakers to go back to work and brokering a secret pay-deal for Ford car-workers with the government.

ECONOMIST: Lord Scanlon of Davyhulme