Would you mind not making the private call in the office please?

请不要在办公室里打私人电话。

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The Chilcot inquiry will examine reams of documents, call witnesses for public and private testimony, including military,government and intelligence officials.

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The entire domain of what we call private life separated from the state.

即整个我们称为私人生活的领域,都从国家区隔出来。

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When he says that his way of life has been private, he means that he has pursued a policy of, let's call it "the principled abstinence " from public life."

当他提到自己的生活方式是私密的时候，他所提的是他追求一种策略，我们可以称之为，“原则性疏离,公共生活“

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One or more Republican lawmakers will appear to publicly waver on their commitment to the pledge. (Norquist points to Chambliss, Graham and King as repeat offenders.) That open questioning is often followed just as predictably by a private call to Norquist -- who says Chambliss has called to apologize -- and more often than not, some kind of public mea culpa.

CNN: Norquist's no-tax pledge has survived challenges before

Would everyone in a New York hot spot go quiet for five minutes in order to listen politely to what is, in essence, a private distress call?

NEWYORKER: Hot and Bothered

Both also highlight the critical role of the private sector, and call for accountable leadership, transparency, effective partnerships and leveraging private-sector resources and tangible outcomes.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House