In my one memorable exchange with him, I pointed out that his argument on the question at issue was circular.

在我与他的一次令人难忘的交流中，我指出，他在这个问题上的论点是循环的。

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I talked him into making concessions on the question.

我说服他在这个问题上作出让步。

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I brushed off his question and told him I was fine.

我没有回答他的问题，只告诉他我很好。

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Now, that's actually a difficult question to ask-- to answer for a child, but I tried my best to give him an answer.

向一个孩子解释这个问题其实挺困难的，但我还是尽力给了他一个答案。

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He wasn't happy when I asked him a question.

我询问他的时候，他看起来有点不高兴。

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I couldn't answer a question like that in front of him.

就不班门弄斧了

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Or maybe I was just surprised that he seemed to believe that happiness was possible and probably that was why I asked him the question I thought he wanted to hear, because, even on such short acquaintance, I liked him and I wished him well, at least.

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After Hoenig came off the stage, I posed the question to Hoenig, and I asked him point-blank whether the Federal Reserve is an anti-capitalistic entity.

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The other time was in New York, when I asked him a question from the audience of reporters and analysts about the proportion of boxed versions of Vista he expected to sell in retail.

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