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The confessions were obtained by what amounts to torture.

这些供状是用近乎逼供的方式得来的。

Try to tell what this is just by feeling it.

凭手摸摸说出这是什么东西？

I can just scrape by on what my parents give me.

我靠父母给的那点钱只能勉强度日。

At first he was most dictatorial and aggressive in what he said, but when he realised that he would get nowhere by that means , he began to sing another tune.

起初他的说法十分专横武断, 但当他认识到这样做行不通的时候, 他就开始改弦易辙了.

We need to redefine what we mean by democracy.

我们需要重新考虑我们对民主的理解。

If the spirit of Caesar could be called up by some spell, I wonder what it would think of the present day.

如果凯撒的灵魂可以用符咒召回的话, 我不知道它对当今世界会有什么看法.

I understood what she meant by conscientious mothers.

我晓得她所谓有良心的母亲是什么意思.

She's a tough cookie/customer (= sb who knows what they want and is not easily influenced by other people) .

她是个有主见的人。

She could divine what he was thinking just by looking at him.

她一看就知道他在想什么。

She was basically fenced in by what the military wanted to do.

军旅事务使她基本上无法脱身。