"IT's a lot easier to be Santa than Scrooge," harrumphs Jim Cooper.
“做圣诞老人比做守财奴要容易的多”，吉姆?库伯(Jim Cooper)嘟囔着埋怨道。
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The old man replied with one of his customary harrumphs that said he couldn’t be bothered to answer.
那老头习惯性地哼哼鼻子，表示懒得回答。
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“An erosion of specialist knowledge,” harrumphs the Royal Historical Society; its geographical counterpart is worried about “losing rigour and the teaching of basics”.