躲避开而不肯说。指有意回避事实。

draw a veil over

本指山脉的走势和去向。现比喻一件事的前因后果。

a sequence of events, cause and effect

达官：大官。指地位高的大官和出身侯门身价显赫的人。

high officials/VIPs

指以眉目传情。

Speaking with their eyebrows, smiling with their eyes

指自己觉得美好而得意；多用于形容对自己的成绩感到满足得意，表现出一种轻浮的样子。

Smug and self-satisfied

指写字画画，先构思成熟，然后下笔。

have an idea in the mind before staring writing or painting

耍嘴皮，嚼舌头。形容耍弄嘴皮进行挑拨煽动。

instigate by loose talk

形容说话罗嗦，唠叨。

Chattering and babbling

一句话也不说。

not say a word

奇怪的不合情理的言论。

fantastic theories

利落：灵活敏捷，也指整齐，有条理。形容没有多余的东西。令人爽心悦目。也形容动作熟练、敏捷准确。

efficient/neat

形容说话声音微弱，作事精神不振。也形容体弱无力。

feeble or listless (descriptive of a voice, a halfhearted performance etc.)

发短：指年老；心长：智谋深。头发稀少，心计很多。形容年老而智谋高。

with hair sparse from age and a mind mature from experience

看得准，动作敏捷。

sharp of sight and quick of hand

旧时称赞某些统治者爱护百姓，就象爱护自己的子女一样。

love the subjects as if they were his own children

嘴里说出狂妄自大的话。指说话狂妄、放肆。也指胡说八道。

talk wildly

脉脉：默默地用眼神或行动表达情意。形容饱含温和的感情，很想表露出来的样子。

be full of tender affection for somebody

不必开口说什么。多表示要求不会得到同意。

you had better shut up please keep your mouth shut

本来并不高深，故意装出高深的样子。多指文章故意用些艰深词语，掩饰内容的浅薄。

pretend to be learned and profound

言语遮遮掩掩，吞吞吐吐。

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