In answer to these questions I either nodded or made strange noises.
作为对这些问题的回答，我不是点头，就是发出奇怪的声音。
新概念英语第二册
Lesson 48 Did you want to tell me something
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
vt.& vi. 答复; 解答; 答辩;适应;
n. 回答;答案;反应;足以媲美的人;
"We sought long and hard but found no answer."
我们作了长期的艰苦探索,但没有找到答案.
近义：reply, respond, satisfy, suffice, suit, fill
反义：examine, inquire, interrogate, order, probe, query
adj. …制的;（人工）做成的，拼成的;虚构的;保证成功的;
v. 使(make的过去式和过去分词);
"He made it absolutely clear."
他把此事讲得一清二楚。
近义：manufactured, produced, done, fabricated, artificial, manmade
adj. 陌生的，生疏的;奇怪的，古怪的;疏远的;外国的;
adv. 奇怪地;陌生地;冷淡地;
💡 事真奇”（谐音）即 奇怪的
"a strange concatenation of events"
一连串奇怪的事
近义：odd, offbeat, outlandish, quaint, queer, queerish
反义：inartistic, artless, modest, mundane, normal, average