And I think many parents believe that if they didn't persist in using these things their children would never learn to speak.

我相信很多父母认为,如果他们不坚持使用这些东西,他们的孩子将永远也学不会说话

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They still didn't speak.

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Some of the men have said that there was heavy drinking and that their inability to speak Spanish caused misunderstandings with women they didn't know would charge for sex, this person said.

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