It's possible that he genuinely didn't know what to do, that he wasn't smart enough to understand that he needed to point to the other one.

有可能他是真的不知道该做些什么,他还不够聪明,无法理解他需要指向另一个物体

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But he's also suggesting how humor is used to broach topics that are impossible to talk about in more direct ways, or that feel dangerous to these boys to approach in more direct ways.

如同它也在不断发展,但他还提出,如何用以幽默的口吻展开话题，在无法直接谈论话题的时候,或者觉得这些人。

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Your banker understands that your business can't pay the money back and that the bank has a reputation in the community of helping business people, so they won't ask for the money even though it's a short-term loan that they made to you.

他会理解,你的公司可能无法还钱,在业界里银行向来,有帮助企业家的美名,所以他们不会要求你还钱,即使他们借给你的是短期贷款

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