He complained in a querulous voice about having been woken up.

他用不耐烦的声音埋怨别人吵醒了他。

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A querulous male voice said, "Look, are you going to order, or what?"

一个爱发牢骚的男声说：“看吧，我们到底是要订购，还是怎样？”

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Though ostensibly silent, a handwritten letter from someone we know speaks with the voice-querulous, joking, ardent, tinged with an accent from Padua or bulawayo-of its author.

一封友人手写的信件中，安静的文字却流露出他的满腹牢骚，爱开玩笑，待人热心，而且带有一丝来自帕多瓦或布拉瓦约的腔调。

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