"I know you haven 't, said Professor McGonagall, sounding half exasperated, half admiring." But you're different.

“我知道您不害怕，”麦格教授半是恼怒，半是夸赞地说，“尽人皆知，您与众不同。”

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"There was a lot of confidence to be regained on the part of the travel community, whom we had disappointed repeatedly, " says current general manager Diderik Van Regemorter, sounding a bit like an exasperated dad himself.

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But this has caused exasperated Americans and Europeans to begin sounding a tougher note.

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