But to no one would she grant her confidence, answering all taunts with bitter sarcasm, and all serious expostulation with sullen denial, or with floods of tears.

可是她对谁都不吐露真情，她用辛辣的讽刺回击一切嘲弄；而对认真的规劝，不是矢口否认就是泪如泉涌。

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Elsewhere, Christina cruelly taunts Linc, telling him he's stupid and she never cared for him because he's not really her son.

在办公室，克里斯蒂娜残酷地奚落林肯，说他太傻，他从来没有关心过他，因为他根本就不是她儿子。

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Natalie explained that the taunts she received on an every day basis caused her to "lose a lot of confidence" and meant that she didn't want to talk to people anymore, adding that she felt like she was "less than everybody else" because she is half Iranian.

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