You saw that in the way he stood bobbing his head, always looking down, nodding like a young boxer to instructions to make you think he was listening to every word, throwing in a thousand "yes"es and "that's right."

你看他站着摇头晃脑的样子，总是朝下看，像年轻的拳击手听指令时一样,那样晃着脑袋，好让你觉得他在听你说的每个字，一边不断附和着“是““对“

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And he says: Well that's better than nothing.

他说“有一样总比什么都没有好“

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