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• The phrases were wildly extravagant .
  句子都狂妄到野蛮的程度。
• He strings his phrases by the dozen .
  他老是重复这些陈词滥调。
• Don't use such exaggerated phrase .
  别用这样夸大其词的语言吧。
• I have to use so many qualifying phrases .
  我得精心选择许多无可挑剔的短语。
• The teacher dictated the phrase to the class .
  老师让全班同学听写这个短语。
• She has an apt turn of phrase for summing up a situation .
  她很善于总结情况。
• That was a phrase he might omit .
  这种词儿他还是不讲为妙。
• She summed up the situation in a few choice phrases .
  她言简意赅地总结了情况。
• The phrase was furtive, sly, yet triumphant .
  这话说得鬼鬼祟祟，狡诈，却得意。
• The phrase is of course a hyperbole .
  这句话当然有些夸张。