When it comes to public speaking, less is usually more.

对于公开演讲而言，通常少即是多。

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Snow and camel are far less important in English-speaking cultures, and the single words "snow" and "camel" can usually satisfy their needs.

雪和骆驼在英语文化中远没有那么重要，单是“雪”（snow）和“骆驼”（camel）这两个词通常就能满足所需。

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He had a sweet, low manner of speaking, and pronounced his words as you do: that's less gruff than we talk here, and softer.

他有一种悦耳的低声的说话口气，而且吐字也跟你一样。比起我们这儿讲话来，没有那么粗声粗气的，却更为柔和些。

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(Speaking in French) Bonnard comes from a less privileged school district in France's tough, working class suburbs.

VOA: standard.2010.02.02

women making up more than half of the U.S.population while occupying only 17 percent of the seats in U.S Congress, and constituting less than three percent of Fortune 500 company chief executive officers (SPEAKING) Madeleine Albright, who served as Secretary of State during the Clinton administration, pointed to the challenges women still face globally in achieving the same basic rights and dignity as men.

VOA: standard.2010.03.08

If a novelist invented it, would it be somehow worth less morally speaking, aesthetically speaking than if a historian authenticated it?

NEWYORKER: Broken Record

Speaking of a less-than ideal UX, Mosseri also informed us that Facebook has discovered well over 10, 000 users who have sideloaded Home onto unsupported devices.

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Broadly speaking, the genes less active in the lonely were those involved in staving off viral infections.

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