She laughed and chatted but was, in truth, not having much fun.

她虽然又是笑又是侃，但实际上玩得并不开心。

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They chatted briefly and often shook hands with the people who came (we are told that they are ordinary users of the food bank and did not know the First Family was coming).

他们简短的交谈，还经常跟前来领取食物的人们握手。 （我们被告知前来领取食物的人们都是普通的受众，根本都还不知道第一家庭来了）。

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Just as a vulgar best man's speech at a wedding can strike the wrong note, so I sensed as we chatted after the speech that the jibes would not be swiftly forgotten.

演讲后我们在闲聊时，我感觉到，他的那些话不会被很快忘记，这与婚礼上伴郎讲话粗俗不合时宜一样。

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Although his sentences are long and loose, they are not cutely or aimlessly digressive: truth is repeatedly being struck at, not chatted up.

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Although the trail is not overly traveled, we routinely met and chatted with fellow walkers from numerous locales and walks of life.

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