People who see her on television now will find it hard to believe that she was once a shy girl who refused to speak up in class.

现在在电视上看到她的人，很难相信她曾经是一个在课堂上拒绝发言的害羞女孩。

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"I can't speak now, I'm working," he would say — even to his father, according to one former colleague — before hanging up.

一位他以前的同事说他在挂上电话之前会说“我现在不能讲话，我在工作，”——即使对他父亲也是如此。

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Then Abraham spoke up again: "Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, though I am nothing but dust and ashes."

亚伯拉罕说：“我虽然是灰尘，还敢对主说话。”

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And I think everybody has been much more forthcoming, which reflects, of course, on the previous secretary of defense, but it also reflects on the generals that they've now decided to speak up.

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Voters should speak up now or otherwise batten down the hatches in their states for the economic storm that lies ahead.

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Maybe some of the folks who feel chained to their desks now feel empowered to speak up about the possibility to WAH.

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