"Well, never mind now," he said gruffly.

“好啦，现在你别管了，”他粗哑地说。

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"I'll put the key in the window."—"You needn't bother," he said gruffly.

“我将把钥匙放进窗户里去。”—“不必麻烦，”他粗声粗气地说。

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'I'm not altogether a fool,' she said gruffly.

“我还不太傻，”她生硬地说。

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Defying one of the oldest political traditions, the Arizona senator is winning by gruffly refusing to tell people what they want to hear.

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There were the Northern Starks, led by the gruffly ethical Ned Stark and his dignified wife, Catelyn, and their gruffly ethical and dignified children.

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We walked across the border from Ethiopia, the noon sun beating down on the squat concrete building where an officer gruffly motioned us to a bench.

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