This is a standard conversation, like the classic opening moves of a chess game, where what matters, much more than what one says (which is brief and obvious), is the tone in which one says it.

这是个标准的交谈，像传统象棋的开场走法，要紧的是，人说什么并不重要（既简短又明确），重要的是说话人的语气。

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Sunday's summit matters, because it is a step towards healing such wounds-and because it sets the tone.

星期天峰会事关紧要，因为这是愈合创伤的一步——也因为它要定一个基调。

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But the tone of your reds matters, too.

但红色的色调也很重要。

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Tone matters more in foreign affairs than any other area of policy, but the fact remains that, so far, the administration has not yet had to make any hard decisions, such as whether to deploy force, or which new weapons system to buy or sell.

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Mr Hollande may still be bent on his new 75% top tax rate, yet on other matters the tone has changed.

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Gradually throughout the series, they would change their tone slightly to discussing other matters such as converting to Judaism, pregnancy, cancer, and the purchase of a first home within a marriage- all matters dealing with just how far one will go for love.

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