The last phrase anyone wants to hear is a frosty "You could have called."

绝没有任何人想听到一句冷冰冰的：“你可以先打电话啊。”

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This last phrase was pitched to resonate pleasingly in the ears of the West.

最后这句话在西方人那里得到了令人愉快的共鸣。

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General "Buck" Turgidson: We're still trying to figure out the meaning of that last phrase, Sir.

巴克·特吉德森将军：我们仍在努力弄清最后一句话的意思，先生。

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PROFESSOR: Last time, Professor Guttag introduced the idea of objects and classes and this wonderful phrase called object-oriented programming.

教授：上节课，Guttag教授,介绍了对象和类的概念以及,面向对象编程这个美妙的短语,这是我今天想继续讲的一个话题。

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That last phrase is where you have the opportunity to sing your praises framed as a benefit to your conversation partner.

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McCain's campaign said Obama's remarks were offensive and a slap at vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, despite the fact that the Arizona senator himself used the phrase last year to describe a policy proposal of Hillary Clinton's.

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