Could you say that again in words of one syllable?

你能用很简单的言语把这再说一遍吗？

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After I had been married in the provincial capital, I wrote a letter to my family in words of one syllable.

我在省城结了婚，只给家里草草写了一封信，母亲接信后，给我们汇来一千元，汇款单的留言栏上留了几个黑点。

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Much use of the verb with one syllable. Avoiding the use of lengthy words, which make it hard for people to remember.

多使用单音节动词，尽量避免过长的词汇，因为这样会使人感到难以记忆。例如。

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"The thing that struck me when I put together this list was that 90% of the top 100 words were one syllable, and that a large proportion were actually from Old English, meaning the basic words we use all the time in basic sentences are from before the Norman Conquest, " he said.

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Oh, and if one of your eight syllable industry specific words slips out, just define it immediately and move on.

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Finally, note that there are just 14 words in the revised sentence, compared with 19 in the original, and that nine of them are one-syllable, three are two-syllable and two are three-syllable.

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