It is hard to be both a supplicant and a critic, but Mr Cameron did his gymnastic best.

很难界定卡梅伦到底是祈求者还是评论者，但卡梅伦却展现了他最灵活的一面。

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Be prompt in your response, be courteous and treat me as a potential colleague, not as a supplicant.

反应迅速，彬彬有礼，把我当作一个潜在的同事，而不是一个哀求者。

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Predictably agreement on the detail is now bogged down in spats, which can generally be characterised as supplicant, struggling southern nations wanting easier terms for potential rescues than the rich north would prefer.

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