My Portuguese didn't sound so robotic, and surprisingly enough I was just saying the same words in the same situations over and over again.

我的葡萄牙语听上去并不那么生硬，而且令人惊奇的是我几乎不停地在每个场合用同样的话来应酬。

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Moreover, using polite words can bring you friends who has the same character with you, as the old saying goes "Birds of a feather flock together".

而且，使用礼貌用语能够给你带来和你有相同性格的朋友，正如古话说的：“物以类聚”。

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And the people answered him the same words saying: These things shall be given to the man that shall slay him.

人就把上边那些话告诉他说：“杀死这人的，要得这样这样的报酬。”

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The three of them sat at the kitchen table, saying the same things over and over, so that by August the words began to rhyme with each other and sound strange.

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