Another boring form of conversation is that of the man who, when talking politics, trots out all the old threadbare arguments with the air of a person using them for the first time.

• 另外一种讨人厌烦的谈话方式是这样一种人的谈话方式。这种人一谈起政治来，就把所有陈词滥调的议论全都抖搂出来，那神气活像他是第一次使用它们。