她喘着气好不容易才说出几个字来。

She managed to gasp (out) a few words.

youdao

说过，我花了很久才说出这句话。

He just kept saying that he was very sorry over and over again.

youdao

艾弗纳：什么？知道困难才说出这样话吗！

Avner: What? That took a lot for me to say!

youdao

You know, so he's seen me work in a lot of different contexts, so he was able to write a letter that said,

所以，他知道我在不同的环境下是如何工作的，这样他在给我写推荐信时才会说出以下这番话。

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