If I sent a reply of any sort, all I would be doing is satisfying my own ego and getting in a jab or a last word.

我发送任何一个回复，我所能做的就是满足我的自我，挥出了一记拳，撂下了一句狠话。

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We received an avalanche of letters in reply to our advertisement.

我们在登出广告后收到了雪片般飞来的大批答复信件。

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I am writing in reply to your letter of 16 March.

3月16日来函收悉，现答复如下。

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Clinton said in the absence of an Iranian reply, it is premature to talk about what may happen if Tehran ultimately rejects the offer.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

I think of it as a kind of reply to that famous question in "Leda and the Swan"; that is, "did she put on his knowledge with his power before the indifferent beak could let her drop?"

这是对丽达和天鹅中那个,著名问题的回答，在那冷漠的嘴把她放下之前,她是否用她的力量获取了他的知识？

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The Iranian government also did not reply to an Italian invitation to participate in talks on the sidelines of the G-8 foreign ministers meeting later this week in Trieste.

VOA: standard.2009.06.24

Shifnal hung on against First Division leaders West Bromwich who made 285-9 before Richard Murrall (32) top-scored in a reply of 147-7.

BBC: Wellington go clear of Shrewsbury in Birmingham League

Handling in the ruck allowed Paterson to reply from in front of the posts two minutes later as Edinburgh's Ben Cairns was forced off with a head knock, to be replaced by Mark Robertson.

BBC: Edinburgh 9-6 Bath

At close of play Glamorgan had reached 228-4 in reply, a lead of 94 with six first-innings wickets in hand.

BBC: Glamorgan's David Harrison delighted at wicket haul