Say--where you going to dig first?

你说——你打算先到哪儿去挖呢？

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The first thing viewers usually say when they see me in the flesh is "You're smaller than you look on TV."

观众见到我本人时常说的第一句话往往是“你比在电视上看上去矮小一些”。

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You wanted to say something—the first word—but it just won't come out, it feels like it is stuck somewhere.

你想说些什么，但第一个字就是说不出来，感觉就像卡在什么地方了。

youdao

So this is to say, for those of you who are joining us today for the first time, that's totally fine.

也就是说，对于你们中第一次加入我们的同学而言,是相当不错的。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

It still seems wrong in a way that it doesn't seem wrong in the first case to turn, you say.

反正就是不对,而在第一种情况，这样做就是对的，是吧。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

I was going to say when you first start doing this, even people who have been doing it for a long time still go off on ten-minute daydreams before realizing that their minds were wondering.

我本想说第一次尝试时，但即便是修行多年的人,也会走神十分钟之久,方才意识到自己刚做了白日梦。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

Ladies and gentlemen, the reason that's so important is because every article you read on identity theft, they say the first thing you should do is hire an attorney.

NPR: Identification Theft: Protecting Your Personal Data

It's hard the first time you say, 'I like this, do you think this is OK?

NPR: Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward as She & Him

You might say their first child was the French House Dining Room in Soho, which they opened within months of meeting in 1992.

WSJ: Chefs Margot and Fergus Henderson at Home