He was inclined to bluster at first, but he soon dropped.

起初他老爱吵闹一阵，可是不久就不做声了。

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When Alan was caught cheating, he tried to bluster it out but he couldn't deceive us.

艾伦作弊被抓住后百般狡赖，不过他无法骗过我们。

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He doesn't try to bluster around it; he considers his answer as the car turns onto the main road.

他没有拐弯抹角地说一堆空话；车子转入大路时他仔细考虑他的答案。

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Journalist and actor Fernando Angelo focused on the supposed tendency to bluster of the Argentine "hermanos" (brothers), especially when it comes to football, claiming that the "Argentines are already saying that the new Pope is better than Pele!"

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The economic story over the remaining months of 2012 may be more important to this vital diplomacy than the election result in the U.S. For all the room Republicans have as challengers to bluster about China and other matters abroad, the choices come 2013 will be narrower, not least for that fiscal vise that will grip Washington.

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We don't need to use threats or force, intimidation or coercion, or reduce ourselves to self-defeating bluster when our other tools fail.

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