'I'm sorry,' he said awkwardly.

“对不起。”他局促不安地说。

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Turning to his daughter, he said awkwardly, "I mixed up the sandwiches."

他转过身来，对女儿尴尬地说，“我把三明治给弄混了。”

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His spokesman said the incident was a misunderstanding, claiming the light had fallen awkwardly and that Mr Putin was simply tired because he had been "working a great deal."

普京的发言人声称那次事件是个误会，只是现场灯光太暗，普京又工作繁重太过疲劳所致。

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His spokesman has just said that he has an "unparalleled" record on gay rights and he rather awkwardly suggests that the president will, some day soon, make his position clearer.

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