Stick up for her, even if they are only kidding!

为她辩护，即使他们只是开玩笑。

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She taught her children to stick up for themselves at school.

她教育子女在学校要勇于自卫。

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Cuthbert Clare, who had been the one to find them, picked them up for her with the crook of his stick; and Tess's boots were appropriated.

找到靴子的那个人是卡斯伯特·克莱尔，他用手中的伞把勾起靴子，递给梅茜小姐，苔丝的靴子就这样被别人拿走了。

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And the more that foreign and domestic critics attack her, the more many ordinary Germans are inclined to stick up for her.

ECONOMIST: Germany��s government