Slender black metal pillars support the upper storey, giving it a stilted appearance.

细长的黑色金属柱支撑上层，赋予了它一个硬朗的外观。

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We made stilted conversation for a few moments.

我们不自然地客套了几句。

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There is a starched, stilted feeling in the tepid evening air as, almost strangers, they stand, "strangely together, on a new pinnacle of existence".

在微热的空气中有一种僵硬、凝固的感觉，他们几乎陌生人般的站着，“奇怪的一起站在一个新的生活顶点上”。

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While I am normally a stilted public speaker, there in Florida, the jokes came easy.

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On February 13th Ms Gillard gave a stilted interview in a television programme revisiting the coup against her predecessor.

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Although Pichette is a great speaker and presenter and while Huber and Wojcicki were clear in their remarks last night, the two newbies to the call last night read their scripts in a stilted and laconic way even by earnings call standards.

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