Maybe he gives lip service to the claim that he was mortal.

也许他只是嘴上说说相信自己会死。

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that they go, "okay, yeah, yeah. I'll meet you on Sunday." and they find some reason not to do it.

他们嘴上说着：“好的，我会在周日见你。”但到时候又不这么干了。

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" We are people who ask, "So how are you doing?"

我们是那种嘴上说“你好吗“

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He's also a very likeable person, you know, he's always telling jokes, always smiling,

他也非常讨人喜欢，总会讲笑话，嘴上一直挂着微笑，

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And we say, "Fine. Just great."

嘴上说“很好，棒极了“

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