In a smaller country this all might be dismissed as quaintly droll.

在一个小一点的国家这可能会被作为一个离奇滑稽的人而忽略。

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If it does seem boring and droll, challenge yourself to take a new stab at it.

如果它真的令你感到无聊，那就挑战一下自己，去拍出一些新意吧。

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Now this word soul, which pops up frequently in Van Norden's soliloquies, used to have a droll effect upon me at first.

范诺登自言自语时嘴边常挂着“灵魂”这个词儿，起初我一听到这个词便觉得好笑。

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When my friend lets fly what she deems a particularly droll bon mot and it fails to get a big laugh from the room, she immediately tweets it out.

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His even-handed generosity towards the artists he discusses is relieved by droll humour, a feeling for their quirks and the occasional, unexpected barb.

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What a droll existance that would be.

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