They lack the kind of structure that enables us to divide a human utterance into words.

它们缺乏那种能让我们把人类的话语分解成词语的结构。

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That whispered message, half invitation and halt forcing, is what most of us think of when we hear the words peer pressure.

当我们听到“同辈压力”这个词时，我们大多数人的脑海中总会半诱惑半强迫地出现这样一个低低的声音。

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We could plainly hear the tunes speak to us, while Akshay and I sat on either side fitting words to them, as they grew out of my brother's nimble fingers.

当这些曲调从我哥哥敏捷的手指底下生长出来，阿克什和我坐在两旁替它们编词的时候，我们能够清楚地听到它们在对我们说话。

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So let us put the guns aside and speak words of wisdom to each other so that we can come to a more amicable solution to the problem."

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These are unquestionably strong words, and I think it's impossible for us to overestimate the weight of these words.

毫无疑问，这些言辞非常激烈，我觉得,怎么高估它们的分量都不过分。

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In other words, the text is what makes the ascertainment of meaning possible and available to us, but meaning is not in the text.

换言之,作品才是使含义得以传达的必要条件，但含义又并不在文本里。

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Short bursts of words require little of us beyond similarly quick reactions.

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