At a party, he instructed a Royal Air Force pilot to remove the bulb from a light fitting and place it in a flowerpot, on hearing the word Germany.

在一次派对上，他让一名皇家空军(Royal Air Force)飞行员一听到“德国”这个词，就把灯具上的灯泡取下来，放到花盆里。

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Smith: I keep hearing the word "idiot". I hope you are not referring to me.

史密斯：我总是听到“傻瓜”这个词，希望你不是在说我。

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Just hearing the word is enough to make some people uneasy, but science tells us that mucus is our friend.

仅仅是听到这个单词就足够让一些人不舒服了，但是科学告诉我们，黏液是我们的朋友。

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Back at the Senate chamber, Ava is smiling but tired after getting word of the hearing.

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