Tom seems rather mean, but he has a kind heart.

汤姆看上去挺小气，但心地善良。

youdao

Her husband is rather mean over money matters.

她的丈夫对钱财相当吝惜。

youdao

"Of course,the visit to Libya, I mean everything with Libya is always rather unique and peculiar, but that might be Libya-specific, and I am sure that Gadhafi would have welcomed Bashir.

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What does Socrates mean when he says his way of life has been devoted almost exclusively ? to private rather than to public matters?

当苏格拉底说,自己的生活方式,只专注在私人而非公共事务时,是什么意思？

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I don't just mean the fact that people are dying all around us, but I mean rather, you yourself could die at any time.

我不是说,死去的人都在我们周围，而是说，你自己可能随时会去世。

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Rather, I mean in the decisions about what to research.

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What I'm saying and what I obviously cannot discuss in detail is covert -- I mean, rather, classified information.

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Note, I ran the seasonal through the yearly mean, rather than minimum.

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