Gossip is when you have a malice of intent or mindless, third-party conversation to someone about someone, something you haven 't said to that someone.

流言蜚语是你恶意或无意地向第三方谈论某人、某事，却没对事件本人说。

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So I don't necessarily think that summer reading has to be something light, has to be something mindless" Two of Mark LaFramboise's suggested books involve animals.

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But then "Batman Begins" doesn't want to be another mindless action adventure, just as Bruce Wayne doesn't want to be a vigilante.

WSJ: Holy Melancholy, 'Batman'!