to the effect that

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Wish-contrast to an actual memory of her uncle's farm, to the effect that she used to expose herself while she was asleep.
这是有关她叔叔农场真实记忆的反愿望，大意是她过去睡觉时总是会裸露身体。
And I'll say "how are you" and you say something to the effect that if I could afford a latte in this world, I'm doing well.
我问您最近怎么样，您有一次,说了一句话，大致意思是，如果我能,享受得起一杯拿铁，那一切就还好。
British Prime Minister David Cameron made a comment to the effect that these tools are great, but when used for ill should be shut down.
英国首相卡梅伦发表评论，大意是这些工具是很好，但当被恶意使用时，应将之关闭。

But they could not rule out the possibility of a smaller effect similar to that seen earlier for strokes.
And I'll say "how are you" and you say something to the effect that if I could afford a latte in this world, I'm doing well.
我问您最近怎么样，您有一次,说了一句话，大致意思是，如果我能,享受得起一杯拿铁，那一切就还好。
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In a way, there's a subset of questions that arises from those, to the effect that this is, of course, what we'll be taking up next time: the question "What is an author?"
从这些大问题中又会产生一些小问题，这些问题也将是我们以后会讨论的：,关于文学的缘由，我们接着又会问，“作者是谁？“
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Ambassador Rice, you said something to the effect that we have not actively discussed oil at the U.N.
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