The word piano is short for pianoforte, a combination of the Italian words for soft and loud.

Piano（钢琴）这个词是 pianoforte（钢琴）的简称，是意大利语中“柔和”和“响亮”两个词的组合。

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Their actions frequently fall short of expectations raised by their words.

他们的行为经常低于他们的言语带来的预期。

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000 words is long for a blog post; 1, 000 words is a pretty good goal; short pieces of 300 words or so are perfectly acceptable.

2000字对于一篇博文而言，有点过长；1000字还行。短的300字的那种也很容易接受。

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It was a short way of writing a different spelling of the words all correct. Some foreign-born people wrote all correct as o-l-l k-o-r-r-e-c-t, and used the letters O.K.

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With all of those words, come expectations, and thus far, the expectations have fallen far short of the words.

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Short bursts of words require little of us beyond similarly quick reactions.

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Recent opinion polls show that many people still hanker after the tune of the old Soviet anthem - a much jauntier affair than the Glinka - but would stop short of reinstating the old words.

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