在这里，赢利不是一个犯忌的字眼。

Profit is not a dirty word around here.

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“营销”成了该公司的禁忌字眼。

Marketing became a dirty word at the company.

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那是我从来不用的字眼。

That's a word I never use.

《牛津词典》

Now, he describes in pretty harsh and even grim terms what you can do to people who violate the law of nature.

他用很强硬甚至可怕的字眼描述,你可以怎样对待违反自然法的人。

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When you think Upper West Side, you think more of like, you know, rich, celebrity...

一想到上西区，你会更容易想到，“富有、名人”之类的字眼，

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That is to say, when one can scarcely say the word "author" without thinking "authority," and one can definitely never say the word "authority" without thinking about the police.

意思就是说，当一个人说到“作者“,而想不到“权威“，或者一个人,在没想到警察的时候绝对不会想起“权威“这个字眼。

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