She lays a kindly hand like a tiny starfish on my knee.

她和善地伸出手，像小海星一样放在我的膝盖上。

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Happy couples are pleased to be seen together and are often in some kind of affectionate contact - hand on hand or hand on shoulder or knee or back of neck.

幸福夫妻总是很乐意被看到在一起，也经常会有亲密的小举动——手挽手，手搭在肩上、膝盖上或者是脖子上。

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There's a letter for you, Mrs Linton, 'I said, gently inserting it in one hand that rested on her knee.

“有你一封信，林惇夫人，”我说，轻轻把信塞进她摆在膝上的一只手里。

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Then he looked at our grandmother and gently put his hand on her knee.

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My mother put her hand on my knee as we made the turn.

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