给我的教授写个便条，告诉他为什么我没有参加今天上午的考试。

Write a note to my prof and tell him why I missed an exam this morning.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

“你为什么不告诉他你的名字，爸爸？”我大声问道。

"Why don't you tell him your name, Daddy?" I asked loudly.

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在代理权之争之前，我应该早点和卡尔见个面，告诉他我们在做什么，以及为什么这么做。

I probably should have met with Carl earlier, before the proxy fight, to lay out what we were doing and why.

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I found that he was inhibited by doing the reading because some are coming in and telling me about why do I have to do it.

我发现在做阅读时他很内向,因为阅读时会有人过来,告诉我为什么我要阅读。

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I'm sure he will stop eating too much sugar, but why couldn't you tell him this a month ago, ?" when I came all the way here?"

我肯定他不会再吃太多糖，但为什么不在一个月前告诉他，在我长途赶来的时候“

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