It would be intolerable to me to pass a whole evening tete - a - tete with a brat 同一个娃娃面对面消磨整个晚上，让我实在受不了。
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I had prepared an occupation for him ; for i was determined not to spend the whole time in a tete - a - tete conversation 我早已准备了事儿让他干，因为我决不想整个晚上跟他这么促膝谈心。
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While bush and chirac were nabbing the photo - op limelight for their first tete - a - tete since their row over the iraq war , two other leaders went almost unnoticed . schroeder and russian president vladimir putin exploited the photographers " fixation on the goings - on on the terrace of the plush hotel royal to wander onto the lawn 趁着记者们在豪华的皇家饭店的阳台上围着布什和希拉克，无暇顾及自己的空当，德国总理施罗德和俄罗斯总统普京溜到外面草坪上散步去了。
