No wonder they feel looser, more spontaneous, perhaps more assertive or funnier or blunter, in the language they were reared in from childhood.

难怪他们会觉得自己的语言更松散、更自然，或许会觉得自己从小学会的语言更自信、更有趣或更直率。

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Researchers found the most effective strategies for securing a bigger salary were to be assertive and “not take no for an answer”.

研究人员发现赢得更高薪水最有效的策略是要坚定，“不接受否定的答复”。

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Instead, they exercise their right to say no, and do so in an assertive manner, that neither takes away from their relationships, or their own happiness.

相反，他们学着使用拒绝的权利，用一些比较好的方式，既不伤害感情，也不会牺牲自己的快乐。

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Women have no problem being forthright and assertive with our partners and children, so why is it so hard for us to act that way at work?

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But there is no doubt he is one of the most assertive and successful premiers in Japan's recent history.

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All elite groups (apart from the armed forces, for which no data were available) were less likely than they were in 1993 to say that America should be the most assertive of leading nations.

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