She was always combing her long hair, waiting for people to say how beautiful it was and how her skin was soft.

她总是梳着长长的头发，等着人们夸她的头发多么漂亮，她的皮肤多么细腻。

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NATALIE: so as you say, it's soft and people have said it feels silky.

娜塔丽：就像你说的，这种材料很柔软，而且人们说它具有丝绸的触感。

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Sad to say, it appears that America's monetary mandarins are set on avoiding bold action, content to cross their fingers and hope that the current slowdown is nothing more than a soft patch.

非常痛心的是，看上去好像目前美国的货币官僚们正在设法避免采取果敢的行动，仅满足于只动动手指就希望当前的衰退会变得比一个软桃子还要无足轻重。

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Dentists say it is important to find soft toothbrushes made especially for babies and to use them very gently.

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It's a very soft way to say that you don't want to do something.

这是一种表达你不愿意做某事的比较温柔的方法。

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The manufacturers say it will be able to land on short, unpaved runways or soft grass fields.

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The Met's defenders say the explanation for its soft-peddling is not conspiracy but capacity: it had better things to do with its time than worry about naughty journalists intercepting tittle-tattle.

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Experts say this may explain why some objects are very worn in places because gold is very soft unless it is alloyed with other metals.

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