"But we're having such fun, aren't we?" he protested with a teasing smile.

“可是我们现在玩得正开心，不是吗？”他带着戏谑的微笑申辩着。

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"I never said any of that to her," he protested.

“我从来没有对她说过那种话，”他断然否认。

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'That's outrageous!' he protested.

“简直骇人听闻！”他抗议说。

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He protested that even when he was leaving and he continues to do so."

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Brown protested. He said the lawyers were just trying to save his life.

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Ballack was so incensed he protested alongside the referee for 40 yards before getting a yellow card.

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Milton recalls that he protested, saying that faster monetary growth was not desirable because it would lead to later inflation.

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The most notorious of these was the time he protested an official's call by hurling a chair on the court.

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