talk like a bureaucrat; assume bureaucratic airs; speak in a bureaucratic tone; stall [speak] with official jargon
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Pierre stepped forward and cut him short . he did not know himself what he was going to say , but he began eagerly , using bookish russian , and occasionally relapsing into french . excuse me , your excellency , he began pierre was well acquainted with this senator , but he felt it necessary on this occasion to address him formally , though i differ from the gentleman pierre hesitated ; he would have liked to say “请原谅，阁下， ”他开始说皮埃尔同这位枢密官是老相识，但是他认为这时对他有打官腔的必要， “虽然我不赞同这位先生皮埃尔讷讷起来，他本来想说mon trs honorable propinant也不赞同这位先生que je nai pas lhonneur de connalatre但是我认为，贵族被请来，除了表一表他们的同情和喜悦，还应当商讨拯救我们祖国的大计。
