I suppose people's tempers are getting a little bit frayed, and hopefully we won't see more of this but there seems every chance that we might."

VOA: standard.2010.06.22

He wore an old double-breasted suit, frayed gray shirt, wide tie, no hat "I left her so long ago I don't remember.

他穿着一件双排扣的旧大衣，一件散口的灰衬衫，和一条宽领带，没有戴帽子，“我很早以前就离开了她。

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