I'll pause here to let the derisive laughter die down.

我将在此稍作停顿，让嘲弄的笑声平息。

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To die- to sleep. To sleep- perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub! For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause.

嗯， 阻碍就在这： 因为当我们摆脱了这一具腐朽的皮囊以后， 在那死的睡眠里，究竟将要做些什么梦，那不能不使我们踌躇顾虑。

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Then, after a discreet pause which gave Gerald's splutterings time to die away, she knocked on the door and handed the dress to her mother.

稍稍停顿了一会，让杰拉尔德的唾沫星子消失之后，思嘉才敲门进去，把衣裳交给母亲。

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