Think about the last time you listened to someone with the filler habit. Chances are good you spent the time he spoke either being annoyed or counting the number of times he said the filler phrase.

回想一下最后一次你听到有使用填充词习惯的人说话的情景，你很有可能在他说话的时候感觉很不耐烦，或是在数他话语里有几个“这个…那个…”。

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There was a time when many people spoke of my father with the highest accolades.

曾经有一段时间，许多人谈到我父亲的时候都对他表示最崇高的赞许。

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"I spoke with Miami early this week and they had no idea at that time what was going on," a player agent said of the dramatic turn of events these past 48 hours.

“本周初，我同迈阿密热火谈起这件事时，他们也不知道接下来会发生什么事，”一名球员经纪人在谈起过去48小时发生的戏剧性转变时这样说。

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It was written in the language of the people. The rulers of Britain at that time still spoke the Norman French they brought with them in ten sixty-six.

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Now I spoke last time about the familiar sense of hesitation, that apology with which Milton had opened the elegy.

我要最后一次说明一下弥尔顿写在挽歌开头的，那句道歉，那种熟悉的犹疑感。

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So, he was speaking with his Lamont Cranston voice the last time that she spoke to him.

所以，当她最后一次，和他说话时,他用了Lamont，Cranston的声音。

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Smart is quick to recall the first time he spoke with Boeheim about it.

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By the time CNN spoke with him, Simon was trying to process what he'd experienced.

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The last time I spoke with you was during your Orlando conference in August -- (applause) -- got Orlando in the house. (laughter) -- Orlando conference back in August of 2008.

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