他用尴尬来描述奇怪或不安的状态。

He said awkwardness, which describes the state of feeling strange or uneasy.

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当玛丽在描述她那象牙白色的小脸和那双有浓密黑睫毛的奇怪眼睛时，狄肯摇了摇头。

When Mary described the small ivory-white face and the strange black-rimmed eyes Dickon shook his head.

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现在，它们被称为行动之歌，因为奇怪的是，它们是用来描述英雄事迹或在对抗中的骑士的行为的。

Now, they were called songs of deeds because strangely enough, they were written to describe the heroic deeds or actions of warriors, the knights during conflicts.

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And,again,to us in the modern world, if you didn't already have some exposure to religious narratives like this,that would sound odd.

同样的，对现代人来说，如果没接触过这类宗教描述,可能会觉得奇怪。

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Why this struggle, and why must Milton struggle with such awkward metaphysical categories in order simply to address properly the power of light?

为什么弥尔顿必须,与这样一个奇怪的抽象的东西斗争,仅仅是为了恰当的描述光明的力量？

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