He says Japan has had a history of saying "yes" to U.S.demands.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11

So basically we're saying yes, we can go from point a to point c without ever going through point b.

所以我们说的是我们可以从,ａ点不经过ｂ点而到达ｃ点。

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It's usually best to respond in a complete sentence rather than saying yes or no which can be ambiguous.

一般来说，回答最好是完整的句子，而不是简单的模棱两可的“是”或“不是”。

Do you mind 课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

The answer that Yeats is giving here is different from saying either "yes" or "no" to that question.

叶芝此处给的答案,既不肯定也不否定。

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So, keep that in mind when we're talking about atomic radius, I'm not suddenly changing my story and saying, yes, we do have a distinct radius.

因此，当我们讨论原子半径的时候要时刻记住这一点，我并不是在突然改变自己的说法，说是的，我们的确有一个准确的半径。

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We could say-- you could imagine somebody saying, Williams" "Oh yes, you're right, Williams, " the contents get negative, " but that's still outweighed by the mere fact that you're alive.

我们可以说-,可以想象有些人会说，“你说得对，“生活内容的部分总和是负数，“但它还是会被你活着这个事实超越。

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And people are saying,"Oh yes, I remember the time we went to the cafe,

不时有人说，“对我想起来了，我记得我们当时去咖啡馆，

That's all课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Close reading, the idea that you could take a text and do things with it--that the interpretation of a text wasn't just a matter of saying, "Oh, yes, it's about this and isn't it beautiful?"

当你拿到一篇文章之后,你所能做的不只是说些像,“哦，这是关于这个的，它读起来，是不是很美啊“之类的话“

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And you're saying, "Oh, yes. I enjoyed them so much."

然后你说，“是啊，那时真快活！”

I used to 课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

I agree involves saying "Yes" to something. It's when two people think alike.

agree 表示同意某事。一般用在两个人想法一致的时候。

I agree课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

It's more like saying "yes and no," I think.

或者说是也不是。

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