A local farmer told them the dog sounded like one advertised as lost in the local paper.

当地的一个农民告诉他们，这只狗的叫声听起来就像当地报纸上登的走失狗狗的叫声。

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My boss told me I sounded like one of those infomercial circus monkeys.

老板说，我说话时听起来像一只马戏团的猴子在电视购物频道上表演。

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He sounded like one wrong word and I would get socked in the teeth.

他说话的架势好像我只要再说错一个字，门牙就会挨上一拳。

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And one sounded like an entry from the annual Bulwer-Lytton contest for the best opening sentence of an imaginary horrible novel.

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As the two soloists wove their rhythms around each other, it sounded like a conversation, and one wondered if percussion might be a universal language after all.

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That sounded like such a good idea that one would think the U.S. would adopt a similar program.

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