Here was a foreigner who sounded like a true "lump of mud" - which is what the natives of the area jokingly called themselves.

这是一个讲话象一个真正的“泥巴”的外国人(泥巴是当地人打趣地称呼他们自己的叫法)。

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But this fly looks like a lump of mud and has not the character of a fly.

可是这只苍蝇就像一块烂泥，也没有苍蝇的特征。

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