He was cheerfully blind and deaf to all hints, and if the exasperated missus said anything to him straight, he would look shocked, and reply, as likely as not.

他乐呵呵地对所有的暗示装聋作哑，如果恼怒至极的主妇直截了当地对他说什么的话，他就会做出一副震惊的样子，并很有可能这样回答？

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Yet Mr McCain gave hints in his victory speech this week as to how he might do it.

然而，麦凯恩先生在本周的胜利演说中暗示他也许会如何做些什么。

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Parents often live in fear of this time of the year, because as their child ages, their belief in Santa Claus becomes challenged by hints that perhaps he isn’t as real as they thought.

每年这个时候，父母们都是忐忑不安，因为他们的孩子们在慢慢成长的同时，曾经圣诞老人绝对存在的这个坚定不移的想法已经开始受到各种否定迹象的挑战。

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The way Mr Chernomyrdin twitched about the Norilsk auction, and some sharp comments he has made lately about privatisation, have been seen as hints that he is sorely tempted to go Mr Berezovsky's way.

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Meanwhile, Sunderland manager Steve Bruce said he was delighted with the way Henderson responded to hints that he might have been rested as his side moved up to seventh in the Premier League.

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Otellini is a familiar face at CES, but this year his keynote will take on added significance as attendees wonder whether he will drop any hints about his appearance at Apple 's Macworld conference in San Francisco the following week.

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