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In reply to your e-mail dated April 1，we decided…
回答你在4月1日写的信，我们决定…
And in reply to my next question I gathered that there was no inn within five miles.
作为对我的下一个问题的回答，我猜想在五英里之内，也没有什么客栈可住。
And now, in reply to the questions of Mrs. Strunk and, the others, George answers that, yes indeed, he has just heard from Jim and that Jim is fine.
而如今，在应对斯特伦克夫人和其他人的询问时，乔治总是回答说，是的，他刚收到吉姆的信儿，他还好。

Clinton said in the absence of an Iranian reply, it is premature to talk about what may happen if Tehran ultimately rejects the offer.
We look at what emails you reply to if you reply in theory that suggests this user must care about whoever sent this email or the topic they are in.
我们看看哪些邮件要回复,如果你回复了,理论上来说这表明了用户一定很关心,发件人以及邮件的主题。
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I think of it as a kind of reply to that famous question in "Leda and the Swan"; that is, "did she put on his knowledge with his power before the indifferent beak could let her drop?"
这是对丽达和天鹅中那个,著名问题的回答，在那冷漠的嘴把她放下之前,她是否用她的力量获取了他的知识？
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"What an interesting topic, " a distinguished scholar wrote in reply to a query from me.
NPR: Historian Robert Satloff