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- 来，我们私下说句话。
Come, we'll have a word between ourselves.
- 虽然和友人在一起是愉快的，但他私下却常常很悲伤。
Although (he was) cheerful in company, he was often sad in private.
- 我们只能私下谈论这个话题。
We can talk about this matter in private.
- 这种事情只能私下处理。
This sort of business can only be transacted in private.
- 部长在公开发表言论时比他在私下批评时的调子要缓和一点儿。
In his public statement the minister toned down his criticisms he had made in private.
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