She gently asked, smiling as her heart began to fill with warmth.

她微笑着轻声问道，内心感到暖融融的。

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So, I pulled her into the hallway and gently asked her to take a few minutes to compose herself in a nearby conference room.

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Dr. Gowen gently asked me about my headache and told me to roll up my pyjama jacket so he could listen to my chest with his stethoscope.

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The student asked this question very gently and non-threateningly, but her directness and the fact that she was an African American woman herself caused her question to rattle around my brain like a course of electric shock therapy.

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