He has a very plausible way of talking; sometimes he talks with the tongue in the cheek.

他讲起话来非常动听，但有时话中有话。

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Each chapter ends with a short critique of the action, ostensibly by a reviewer but presumably written by the author himself, enhancing the tongue in cheek humour of the novel.

每一章结束都有一段对里面动作的简短评论，表面上是一个评论家所写的，但是估计是由作者自己写的，用来增强小说的戏虐式幽默。

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Some companies also use tongue in cheek taglines, like “for negative people” for a camera company.

也有些公司会使用戏谑性的口号，比如一家相机公司的口号是“给消极的人”。

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Well that's a--so it's sort of tongue in cheek, 'you know this is really good, I love to eat this, but I'm doing it because it's good for me' is the message there.

它有种特别的口感,"你知道这真的非常好,我喜欢吃它,但我吃它更是因为它对我有益",这就是我想要表达的

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