A person's psychology is a subtle thing. How true it is that words are echoes of the heart.

人的心理真是奇妙，言为心声一点不假。

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He was so excited that he could not speak.; he was too excited to speak.; he was so excited that words failed him.

他太兴奋，连话都说不出来了。

《新英汉大辞典》

That words have meanings is just the difficulty.

词是有意义的，这就是它的困难之处。

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The circus has been popular for so long that it is not surprising that words and expressions connected with it are part of everyday speech.

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These are poems, in other words, that come with little labels to tell you what they mean and what they're about.

这些都是，换句话说,是用小的标记来告诉你,他们是什么意思，他们是关于什么的。

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Part of that is the elimination of small words, "the," "and"; the abbreviation of certain words, "your" to "yr."

他们语言的一部分是对小词的省略，如“这“，“和“，和一些词的缩写“

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