When she does unlock her lips ever so slightly — when she does unlock her lips, she does so only to anticipate the effect that her speeches would have if she were to unlock them even more.

当她确实如此轻微的开始说话时【笑】，当她张嘴说话时，她只是想要预料，如果她说得更多那么她的演说将会有怎样的影响。

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Something of a know-it-all, he comes across as slightly hostile, even if only through verbal argument, or jokes targeted at others.

他们可以说是无所不知，就算只是跟别人言语争执或者冲别人开玩笑，也都会稍微带些敌意。

youdao

I think the need to be seen doing something might even result in action in Washington to move the country away, even if only so slightly, from its dependence on oil.

我认为，政客们准备做的事情还会有一个结果，即促使华盛顿改变这个国家的一些能源政策，降低对石油的依赖。

youdao

So even if the UK economy is only slightly less flat than a pancake, and the US and continental Europe aren't exactly booming, Asia, for example, is an altogether different and more buoyant economic world.

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