奉承话

We tried to mollify her by telling her that she had misunderstood the remark and then, under his breath, Fillmore said something to me in English – something about giving her a little soft soap.

我们想叫她平静下来，便说她误解了那句话，然后菲尔莫又低声用英语对我说了句什么—似乎是说要我奉承她几句。

On the question of your salary which was recommended and paid by the FIFA, it is clear that there are persons operating out of malice and envy, and as such, I have no intention of dignifying the nonsense I have been reading with a comment of any kind.

对于国际足联建议并支付给你的薪水的疑问已经水落石出，那是有些人因为嫉妒而恶意捏造的。同样地，我不打算用任何评论来奉承这些我读到的屁话。

I'm strongly against the death penalty — it's an eye for an eye.

我不赞成死刑——这是以牙还牙的报复行为。

And to get you the support you need, we're enlisting all elements of our national power: our diplomacy and development, our economic might and our moral suasion, so that you and the rest of our military do not bear the burden of our security alone.

并给你们所须的支援，我们正徵召国家所有各种的力量：我们的外交及发展，我们的经济力量与道德劝说，所以你们与其他军人不须要孤独地负起国家安全的责任。