Madame Chiang always stunning in her silk gowns could be as coy and kittenish as a college coed or as commanding and petty as a dormitory house mother.

穿绸旗袍的蒋夫人像小猫似地很迷人。她可以像一个男女同校的大学女生一样忸怩作态，也可以像看管女生宿舍的大妈一样威严和小心眼儿。

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The house stood on a hill commanding the sea.

那栋在山上的房子可以俯瞰大海。

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