He spoke in a cold, dead tone, as if making a necessary but distasteful explanation to a stranger.

他的话透着一种冰冷和沉闷，像是向一位陌生人做一个必须但却不情愿的解释。

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Chan tells the girls and boys in a firm tone: birds can pass on avian influenza to people; so it's important to stay away from sick and dead birds, especially chickens.

成龙以坚定的语调告诉这些女孩和男孩：禽类可将禽流感传播给人，因此极其重要的是远离病禽和死禽，尤其是鸡。

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I wore the well-cut suits which had come down to me from a rich uncle, now dead, along with several pairs of two-tone shoes, black and brown, black and white, suede and calf.

我身穿剪裁得考究的西装，是我一个有钱的叔叔留下的，现在已不在人世，还有几双双色鞋，黑褐色的，黑白的，仿鹿皮和小牛皮的。

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During an early scene in the 1989 film, Dead Poets Society, Keating (played by Robin Williams) sets the tone for the rest of the movie when he asks his students to read the introduction to their poetry textbook.

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The tone and plethora of unanswered questions (again, is the Joker really dead and how does that work?) may prevent this issue from being as solid as the rest, but the fact that it makes me want to see more of Harley and Green Arrow speaks volumes for it.

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However, if the race is close to a dead heat, as some Bush strategists expect, Gore will have the option of softening his tone.

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