If I break wind at dinner, should I say "Pardon," or pretend nothing has happened?
如果我在用餐的时候放屁，我是应该说“对不起”，还是假装什么事情都没发生？
Officials at the State Department say the issue is urgent.
美国国务院的官员们说这个问题紧急。
Always say at the start of an application that you're applying for such-and-such a job because...
写求职信务必一开头就说明你申请某职务，因为…
The island's in the Pacific Ocean; I'm not at liberty to say exactly where, because we're still negotiating for its purchase.
这个岛屿在太平洋上；我还不能说具体在哪里，因为我们仍然在就它的购买问题进行谈判。
It would be hypocritical to say I travel at 70 mph simply because that is the law.
如果仅仅因为法律规定的时速是70英里我就说自己的行驶时速是70英里，那就太虚伪了。
Now you say you both left at ten—that's a contradiction of your last statement.
你现在说你们俩是十点钟离开的，这可和你上次的说法不一致。
It is impossible to say at what point along the continuum a dialect becomes a separate language.
要说出同一语言的方言差异到什么程度就成为一种别的语言是不可能的。
To see the problem here more clearly, let's look at a different biological system, say, an acorn.
为了把这里的问题看得更清楚，让我们看一种不同的生物系统，比如说，橡实。
At the risk of being repetitive, I will say again that statistics are only a guide.
尽管会被认为罗嗦，我还得再说一遍：统计数字只是指向。
At least she wouldn't say this to his face.
她总不会当面对他这样讲吧？
You can get married at sixteen, and yet you haven't got a say in the running of the country.
你可以在16岁结婚，然而对国家的管理你还没有发言权。
Doctors say the disease is probably inherited but not detectable at birth.
医生们说该疾病很可能是遗传的，但在出生时是不可发现的。
It's hard to say at this stage how the market will develop.
在现阶段很难说市场会如何发展。
At the risk of sounding self-pitying, I'd say it has been harder on me than it has on Joanne.
尽管听着像是自怜，我还是要说这对我比对乔安妮更难承受。
This policy, they say, is at best confused and at worst non-existent.
他们说这项政策说好听点是混乱不清，说不好听点就是根本不存在。
Airport officials say at least 20 outbound flights were delayed.
机场官员说，至少有二十个离港航班被延误。
Military sources say the boat was heading south at high speed.
军方的消息来源说船正向南方快速驶去。
I felt he was wrong, although I didn't say so at the time.
我觉得他错了，不过我当时没有说出来。
I'm sorry but I just cannot say anything. You've caught me at a bad time.
很抱歉我真的无可奉告。你找我找得很不是时候。
You are at liberty to say what you like.
你尽可畅所欲言。
She did at least write to say thank you.
她至少还写了信道谢。
You think he'd at least have the courtesy to call to say he'd be late.
谁都会觉得他至少应该懂得打个电话说一声他要晚来。
I dare say you're dull at home.
我敢说你待在家里很无聊。
Let's say that you're at a hair salon and you have very fine hair.
假设你正在一家理发店，你有一头非常漂亮的头发。
"They say at home," said the little boy, "that you are so very, very lonely!"
“家里的人都说，”小男孩说，“你一直都非常孤独！”
The right sort come of themselves; they tap at my forehead and say, "Here we are."
真正的故事都是自己来的。它们轻敲着我的前额，说：“我来了！”
Latest reports from the northeast provinces say that at least sixteen people lost their lives in Sunday's floods.
来自东北省份的最新报道称，至少16人在周日的洪水中丧生。
If my mistress and all her friends can laugh at what I say, so may you too, I should think.
要是我的女主人和她的朋友都因我的话而笑，我想你也会笑的。
Everybody look at here and say cheese.
所有的人看着这里说“茄子”。
There's nothing much I can say at the moment.
这一刻我没什么要说的。
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