他忽然想到了一件事，犹豫了一下。

Something occurred to him, and he lingered considering.

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他犹豫了一下，然后鼓足勇气，迈步向前。

He hesitated--braced himself up for an effort and strode on.

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他犹豫了一下，有点困惑，然后胆怯地转向国王，说：“我现在可以走了吗？”

He hesitated, a little confused, then turned timidly toward the King, saying, "I may go now?"

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So my friend decided he'd give it a try and he raised his hand and he said, "Voltaire," and then paused and hesitated and continued with his lecture as though my friend had never asked his question.

所以我朋友也决定要试试,他就举起手说：“伏尔泰“,然后停顿一下，犹豫会儿，就又接着开始讲了,就好像我朋友没问过问题一样。

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