He begged them to be seated also, but they only bowed their thanks or murmured them, and remained standing.

他请求他们也坐下来，但他们只是鞠躬致谢或低声说话，依旧站着。

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"Uh-huh," they murmured when we tripped over the door saddle or ruined our clothes.

当我们被门槛绊倒或者磨损了自己的衣服时，他们会咕哝着：“啊哈”。

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How could a thinking people accept this and a host of other bald statements at face value, without so much as a raised eyebrow or a silently murmured really?

作为一个有思想的人，怎能真心接收这类丝毫不加掩饰的说法，而不对其报以质疑，乃至私下的议论？

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It is certainly a novel of opinions, whether murmured, whined or roared, and it is these tirades that have upset magazines like the impeccably high-toned and leftish Nouvel Observateur.

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