Thirteen months before the next general election, the legislative motor is spluttering.

距离下届大选还有13个月， 而立法运动举步维艰。

Harry did not stay to watch Slughorn splutter.

没有留下继续听斯拉格霍恩絮絮叨叨。

" How do you know --? " she spluttered.

“你们怎么知道——”她结结巴巴地问。

" Where? " spluttered Mrs. Weasley, choking on her tea and whiskey.

“哪儿？”韦斯莱夫人呛了一口威士忌茶水，咳喘着问。

It burned Harry's mouth and throat as it went down, making him cough and splutter.

它在的嘴里燃烧，又顺着喉管燃烧下去，使咳嗽，唾沫喷溅。

There was a loud clunk, a splutter, and the engine died completely.

哐啷一响，接着噼啪一声，擎彻底熄火了。

" I didn't ask-I didn't want-Voldemort killed my parents! " Harry spluttered.

“我没有要求——我不想——伏地了我的父母！”气急败坏地说。

“Know how to—? Of course I ruddy well know how to drive! ” spluttered Uncle Vernon.

“知道如何——？我当然知道怎么开车！”弗农姨父气急败坏的说。

" Gad, sir! Gad, sir" ! spluttered the Skookum Bench king.

“我的上帝！我的上帝！”那个大款又惊呼起来。

" I—no—what— ? " spluttered Mundungus, who was slowly turning purple.

“我——没有——什么？”蒙顿格斯结结巴巴地说，脸色慢慢涨成了猪肝色。

Just drop the pole in, he spluttered. I'm going to swim across with him.

“把鱼竿丢下来他急促地说，“我要拉着他一起游到对岸去。”

Shards of glass flew in every direction and Aunt Marge spluttered and blinked, her great ruddy face dripping.

玻璃碎片飞向四面八方，玛姬姑妈因生气而激动起来，眼睛眨巴着，酒在她那张大脸上直往下流。

Parvaneh brings up the clutch, the Saab splutters, and the instrument panel goes black.

萨博干咳一声，仪表盘上的一切一齐变暗。

And the truck started every time the key was turned without as much as a splutter.

而那辆卡车，只要有人转钥匙，就一定能发动起来，都不带咳嗽一声。

" See this? " he bellowed at Ogden, shaking a heavy gold locket at him, while Merope spluttered and gasped for breath.

“看见这个了吗？”他朝奥格登咆哮道，一边冲他摇晃着那上面的一个沉甸甸的金挂坠盒，梅洛普憋得咳嗽，气都喘不过来了。

She was considering the now spluttering Tisdall.

她正在考虑现在气急败坏的提斯达尔。

So was taking the Skele-Gro. It burned Harry's mouth and throat as it went down, making him cough and splutter.

喝生骨灵就够难受的了。它在的嘴里燃烧，又顺着喉管燃烧下去，使咳嗽，唾沫喷溅。

'Sorry, ' I spluttered, as I realized what I had said.

“对不起，”当我意识到自己说的话时，我结结巴巴地说。

Presently the car spluttered and stopped.

不一会儿，车子噗通一声停了下来。

The engine coughed and spluttered, then stopped altogether.

【cough】发动机卡卡地响了一两声，然后就完全停下了。