Uli lieutenant nodded, not quite like a soldier to ask a word.

乌利中尉点点头，很有军人风度地绝不多问一句话。

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If I don't know a word, I ask them to spell it out for me.

假如我不知道某个词，我请他们替我拼写出来。

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What's more, when people are in danger and there is no mobile phone signal, they can use Beidou to send a 1200-word message to ask for help.

更重要的是，当人们处于危险之中而手机又没有信号时，他们可以使用北斗发送一条1200字的信息寻求帮助。

youdao

Well we could begin with George Washington Alright, for your sake, we toss in John Kennedy ... who cut taxes. -Because... the Kennedy tax cuts and the Reagan tax cuts ... were both major tax cuts. -Did you hear me ask him ? for a one-word answer? Did you hear me?

那干脆从乔治·华盛顿谈起得了，真是的,好吧，看在你的面子上，姑且把他算上吧,他好歹也减税了，-因为。,肯尼迪的减税和里根的,都不可等闲视之，-我不是让他,只回答一个字吗？他怎么说这么多？

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If you circle a word on the legal pad and tap one of the controls on the CrossPad, the computer will designate that particular word a "key word" and translate it into text that it can later retrieve when you ask it to search for topics.

WSJ: The CrossPad Sends Paper-and-Ink Notes To Your PC Screen

Mr. SHADID: You know, it's not too strong of a word, I think, to use like dumbfounded when you ask U.N. officials what happened and what the situation is on the ground with the cluster bombs right now.

NPR: Cluster Bombs a Vestige of Israel's Lebanon Fight

Oh, and we'll ask for a price and release window, as we've yet to hear official word on either.

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