我在买单的时候，问侍者那对夫妇的账单是多少钱，他告诉了我，然后我替他们付了40美元。
As I paid my bill, I inquired as to what their bill was, he informed me, and I gave him the $40 to pay their tab[2].
侍者这样问似乎是让你做出选择，而实际上，他是在否认你的选择。毕竟，自来水是绝不会出现在菜单上的。
The waiter's question seems to offer a choice, but is in fact designed to deny it : tap water , after all, is never on the menu.
还好，她没有看见他走到旅馆侍者那里问，“她是以什么名字注册的？”
It was just as well she did not see him go back to the hotel clerk and ask, "What name she registered under?"
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