She gulped nervously before trying to answer.

她紧张地倒吸了一口气才回答。

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I straightened myself up to answer the question.

我直起身来回答问题。

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Whom did he expect to answer his phone?

他原来以为谁会接他的电话？

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To answer for the opposition, the Republicans chose Bobby Jindal, the young governor of Louisiana and the son of Indian immigrants.

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Any thoughts? Don't you hate professors who stand here waiting for you to answer, even when they have candy?

你们难道不讨厌站在那儿等你回答问题,的教授么？虽然他有糖果做奖品哦，用少于线性时间完成可能么？

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So hermeneutics will be our first topic, and it attempts to answer the last question that I've mentioned which is raised by theory of literature.

所以诠释学，是我们的第一个话题,它试图回答的是我在探讨文学理论时提出的最后一个问题。

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Mr. WESSEL: You know, it's a really good question and almost an impossible one to answer.

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So, we're going to do our best this morning to answer some of your questions.

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She says she finds it irritating that people are infantilized by specialists who try to answer for them.

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