Word expert James Rogers found a similar saying used more than four hundred years ago.

VOA: special.2009.03.29

By the way, in what I'm saying, I oversimplify by supposing that the basic unit of language is a word.

因为我想说的是，我们现在是把语言的基本单位简单化了。

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They would sit around the fire and hang out for two, three hours without saying a word.

他们围坐在篝火边两三个小时，一句话也没说。

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He could make people laugh without saying a word.

VOA: special.2009.07.19

I think it's worth saying a word or two about the word "introduction" as well.

关于介绍这个词，我也想简单说几句。

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President Assad praised U.S.President Barack Obama in his interview with La Repubblica, saying that "he has shown himself to be a man of his word.

VOA: standard.2009.03.18

It's worth saying a word about that, because I want to undermine any great confidence that you may have and what you can believe that scholars tell you, because we keep finding out how wrong we are about all kinds of things.

这里得说的是,我想给自信满满的家伙泼点儿冷水,你曾深信不疑的学者们告诉你的那些事,不断被发现,并在很多问题上都存在纰漏

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