Before Guardiola could start to explain that which the sports commentators were gossiping about, Menotti asked for a whiskey and the waiter brought him an empty glass full of ice.

在瓜迪奥拉准备开始解释这是哪个体育评论员的传闻的时候，梅诺蒂找服务员要了一杯威士忌，但是服务员却给了他一个装满冰的杯子。

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Even flowers could be perceived as overly personal and start coworkers gossiping.

即便是花也可能被当成过于个人化、惹来同事闲谈的礼物。

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So the Romans, for example, outlawed volunteer fire departments, in local places, because they were afraid that volunteer fire departments could be a place where locals, especially maybe lower-class locals, could get together and then start gossiping about what they could do to cause trouble for the Romans.

所以罗马人会，比如，会驱逐当地志愿消防部门，因为他们担心志愿消防部门,会成为当地人，尤其是下层阶级集会的场所，在那谋划如何,给罗马人制造麻烦。

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