委婉语是另一个常见的解决办法：如果“公牛”是妻子不能说的禁忌词，她可能会说“犁地的那个东西”。

Euphemisms are another frequent solution: if the word "ox" is taboo for a wife to say, she may refer to "the one that plows" instead.

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在过去，即便仅仅提到“死”这个词也被认为会带来不好的运气，而在一个人活着的时候便操办他的葬礼更是一个重大的禁忌。

In the past, even mentioning the word "death" was believed to bring bad luck, and preparing one's own funeral while still alive was a major taboo.

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美国不仅不应该存在社会阶级，而且那几乎是一个肮脏的词——用一位社会学家的话来说就是“美国所禁忌的思想”。

Not only is social class supposed not to exist in America, it is almost a dirty word—“America's forbidden thought”, in the words of one sociologist.

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