A couple of weeks ago I tried to broach the matter but he looked as if he was about to have a coronary, so I shut up.

几周前，我设法把这个问题提出来，但他看上去好像就要犯心脏病了，因此我闭上了嘴。

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I don't know what I am saying. so I shut up!

我不知道我在说些什么，所以只好闭嘴了！

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He talks to me about his work. I shut up about mine.

他跟我谈他的工作，而我对我的工作缄口不言。

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"Shut up. I said this is a stick-up. Now,come on. Your money or your life."

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The father yells at them, says, Make that cat shut up, and they can't He says, "Make it shut up. I don't care.

但父亲喊道：,“让那猫安静“，可他们无能为力,可父亲又说：“让它安静。

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Instead of giving in to my anger, which would have really blown things up, I shut up and listened.

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So when they talk, I shut up and listen.

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So I will shut up about Sunriver now.

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