When we say that 2 + 2 = 4 or 2 + 3 = 5, we're saying something about numbers that our mind is able to grasp.

当我们说2+2=4或2+3=5时,我们是在讨论心灵可以掌握的数字

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Or, you can use the "what do you" pattern in order to ask how somebody feels about something by saying,

或者，你可以使用“What do you”句型来询问某人对某事的看法。

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Now we have uncovered something about the form, the structure, of Tony the Tow Truck in saying this, but we haven't discovered or uncovered a thing about the meaning of Tony the Tow Truck.

我们现在已经讨论了一些关于，托尼的拖车,的形式和结构，但是还没有讲到,它的含义理解。

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It goes without saying that there is something outlandish, to say the least, about this.

他并没有说什么古怪的东西，对这些他尽量少提。

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Is it saying something deep and interesting about the nature of death?

这说明了死亡本质里某些有趣的东西吗？

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The idea then that Machiavelli is doing no more than saying openly and overtly what ancient writers had wrapped in parable and enigma and myth says something about Machiavelli's new political science.

马基雅维利只不过是,公然说出了古代作家们,以寓言，谜以及神话的形式包裹的内容,这种看法一定程度上阐明了马基雅维利的。

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Whereas most utterances purport to be saying something true about the actual state of things in the world, literary utterance is under no such obligation, the argument goes, and ought properly to be understood as fiction making it up as opposed to referring.

大多数言辞都是对事物的真实状况的,真实反映，而这种观点认为，文学没有这个义务，应该把文学理解为小说,它是虚构而不是实指。

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