She always had a killer quip ready, or a well-thought-out compliment to disarm strangers.

她总是准备好一句俏皮话，或是一句经过深思熟虑的恭维话来解除陌生人的敌意。

Mrs. Wilson rejected the compliment by raising her eyebrow in disdain.

太太不屑地把眉毛一扬，否定了这句恭维话。

" That will not do for a compliment to Darcy, Caroline, " cried her brother -- " because he does not write with ease. He studies too much for words of four syllables. -- Do not you, Darcy? "

“这种恭维话可不能用在达西身上，珈罗琳，因为他并不能够大笔一挥而就，他还得在四个音节的字上面多多推敲。──达西，你可不是这样吗？”

You know my favorite part of that compliment?

知道你这句恭维话里我最喜欢什么吗？

The flatteries punctured by " buts" continued.

被“但是”打断的恭维话又继续下。

If someone pays you a left-handed compliment, what should you say?

如果有人对你说讽刺挖苦的恭维话，你应该回什么？

" Why, Mr. Vanuzzi, how very nice of you to call me up! Oh, I'm pretty well, thank you. Well, pretty and well, if you like. When you're my age you take all the compliments you can get" .

" 哟，瓦努齐先生，谢谢你给我来电话！ 哦，我身体很好，谢谢你。 唔，要是你爱这么说也成，又美又好。 等你到了我的年纪，就什么恭维话都爱听了。"

Each was distressed that he or she had not been sent for rather than this impulsive, quick-tempered girl, and each mentally rehearsed platitudes in case of being summoned also.

每个人心里都有点懊恼，懊恼为什么没请自己而偏偏请了这位性格倔强的姑娘，都在默默准备着，一旦叫到自己应该说些什么恭维话。

This flattered Wendy immensely. " I think, " she said, " it is perfectly lovely the way you talk about girls; John there just despises us" .

这句恭维话让温迪听了非常受用。 " 我想，" 她说，" 你谈论女孩子候的态度非常可爱。 睡在那里的约翰总是瞧不起我们。"

That was the kind of remark all men made, but when he said it it seemed to her that he meant just the opposite.

这样的恭维话每个男人都讲过，可是从他嘴里说出，思嘉便觉得完全是相反的意思了。

I was introduced to this celebrated person after that one, and the kind words they said about my book made me excessively uncomfortable.

我被介绍给这位名士、那位巨擘，这些人对我的著作所说的恭维话让我感到坐立不安。

Depending on the social customs where you live, some compliments may be not be received as such. And sometimes, they shouldn't be.

根据你所居住地方的社会习俗，有些恭维话可能不会被接受。有候，他们不应该被接受。

" Although I sometimes amuse myself with suggesting and arranging such little elegant compliments as may be adapted to ordinary occasion, I always wish to give them as unstudied an air as possible. "

“有候我也自己跟自己打趣，预先想好一些很好的小恭维话，平常有机会就拿来应用，不过临说的候，总是要装出是自然流露出来的。”

This gallantry was not much to the taste of some of his hearers; but Mrs. Bennet quarreled with no compliments.

他这些奉承话，人家真不大爱听，只有班纳特太太，没有哪句恭维话听不下。

" Have you a store? How smart you must be" ! He looked a little hurt at hearing that Suellen had not published the news but brightened at the flattery.

你开了个铺子？看你多能干呀！" 他听说苏伦竟没说关于他的消息，心里颇为沮丧，可是随即思嘉的一句恭维话又使他乐开了。

And each time he came, a little package in his hand and a compliment for her charm and beauty on his lips, she wilted.

可是每次他来，手里总拿着小包，嘴里是一起称赞她又美丽又迷人的恭维话，她也就畏缩了。

" I'm not sure that that's a compliment, " she said uncertainly.

" 我还不清楚这算不算一句恭维话。" 她用怀疑的口气说。

Lynn; and Mary Ingram listened languidly to the gallant speeches of the other.

林恩；而玛丽·英格姆则懒洋洋地听着另一位的恭维话。

Dorian murmured a graceful compliment and looked round the room. Yes: it was certainly a tedious party.

道连低声说了句得体的恭维话，然后环顾了一下房间。没错：这确实是个乏味的聚会。

What an almost sweet thing to say.

几乎算是很好的恭维话了呢。