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Ballet dancers are known for dancing on the tips of their toes.
芭蕾舞者以能踮着脚尖跳舞而著称
TIPTOE
回避 小心翼翼
It sounds as if Anna and Jonathan are going to dance for us.
听起来好像安娜和乔纳森要给我们跳舞啊
Thanks for going to my friend's art show last night.
谢谢你昨晚去参观我朋友的艺术展
Yeah, it was... fun. What did you think of her paintings?
嗯 还 挺好玩的 你觉得她的画怎么样?
They were... hmm, let's see. How can I say this?
它们 嗯 我想想 怎么说呢?
The paintings were... they had...
那些画 嗯 有
Don't tiptoe around the answer. You won't hurt my feelings.
别绕来绕去了 你伤害的又不是我
Okay, they were terrible! I hated them.
好吧 画太难看了 我不喜欢
If you tiptoe through a room at night you are trying to avoid being heard.
如果你在夜间踮着脚尖穿过一个房间 说明你不想让别人听到动静
In conversation, to "tiptoe" around a topic is to talk about it carefully
在对话中 "tiptoe"某个话题是指小心翼翼地谈论这个话题
to aviod hurting someone's feelings or to avoid an argument.
以免伤害别人的感情或者避免争吵
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