I told them to be quiet and go to sleep.

我叫他们不要说话，去睡觉。

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I was close to tears as I told them the news.

我告诉他们这一消息时都快要哭了出来。

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There was a stunned silence when I told them the news.

我把消息讲了后，他们惊愕得哑然一片。

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But I had to finish my work, so I told them to hold your horses.

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So I told them the festival.

就告诉他们这个节日了。

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So I went back to Engineering and told them, "OK, guys, we need to work harder. And I'm not under CEO.

于是我跟工程师团队说到，大家还要加把劲。

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And I told them, I want to work together when we can, and I meant it.

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"I told them it was not appropriate, " the official, Domenico Giacinto Profazio, later said in court.

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