He thought it over and then answered her slowly.

他想了想，然后慢慢地回答了她。

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When the magistrate asked Wang what had happened, he answered, "Zhou said that there were fresh red dates in it when he gave me the jar a year ago." The magistrate examined the jar and the fresh red dates in it carefully. Then he said: "Bring the ingots back, Wang Wu!" How did the county magistrate infer that Wang was lying?

县令问王是怎么回事，王回答说：“一年前给我的时候，周说这罐子里有新鲜的红枣。”县令仔细地检查了坛子和里面新鲜的红枣。然后他说：“王五，把金锭拿回来！”县令是怎么推断王在撒谎的？

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Then Esther the queen answered and said, if I have found favour in thy sight, o king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request.

王后以斯帖回答说，我若在王眼前蒙恩，王若以为美，我所愿的，是愿王将我的性命赐给我。我所求的，是求王将我的本族赐给我。

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And then he answered it elegantly in a very small number of pages.

然后他给出了完美的回答,只用了很少的页数。

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She paused a second and then answered it correctly.

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On the contrary, it's worse to think of questions later and then have to go back and get them answered.

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