One day, a woman asked me to direct her on her way and while I was hesitating, being so suddenly called out of my thought.

一天，有个女人让我给她指路，我当时正迟疑着，被这突然的打扰惊得愣了一下。

youdao

An- other day a woman asked me to direct her on her way and while I was hesitating, being so suddenly called out of my thought, a woman from some neigh- bouring house came by.

一天，有个女人让我给她指路，我当时正在想心事，被这突然的打扰惊得愣了一下，此时，住在隔壁的一个女人走了过来。

youdao

Daughter didn't cry but stretched out her hand to beat that boy on the arm, which was a direct and resolute response faster than I could do anything.

女儿没有哭，她比我的反应更加决断和直接，她伸手打了那个小男孩，打在了那个男孩子的手臂。

youdao

If we were all engaged in a conversation, she would direct most of her contributions toward me, as if I were the front wall of a squash court.

NEWYORKER: Naima

"I didn't know what I was getting into, " Alemany wryly recalls, reflecting on her first meeting with her direct reports--17 of the 18 were men.

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