The best time to talk about an arms race, of course, is before it really gathers steam.

当然，探讨一个军备竞赛的最佳时间是在它真正成熟之前。

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We did not talk about arms.

我们没有谈论武器。

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The forthcoming talk hold out the hope of real arms reduction.

即将举行的会谈给实现真正的裁军带来了希望。

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Unlike other retailers who have dabbled in finance, the supermarkets have twigged that customers with shopping in their arms have no desire to talk about mortgages.

ECONOMIST: Supermarket banking

Talk of an arms race is muted.

ECONOMIST: Asian missiles

The assault was delayed for days, first to allow President Hamid Karzai to return from a trip abroad, and then to give Afghan officials time to try to convince tribal elders from Marjah to align themselves with the government and talk the town's young men into putting down their arms.

WSJ: U.S. Starts Afghan Surge