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

距下届大选还有13个月， 而立法运动举步维艰。

There was a funny spluttering noise from behind them.

喀喀喀，他们身后种很奇怪的声音。

" Aquamenti" ! screamed Hermione, and a jet of water streamed from her wand, engulfing a spluttering and choking Mundungus.

" 清水如泉" ！赫敏大喊。股水花从她的魔杖喷了出，喷向几乎窒息的蒙顿格斯。

As Ron and Hermione emerged, spluttering and gasping, from the depths of the lake, the dragon flew on, its wings beating hard, and landed at last on a distant bank.

罗恩和赫敏从湖水深处浮了上，吐着水，大口吸气。巨龙接着飞行，猛烈地拍打着翅膀，最后停在了远处的湖岸上。

When I left Rome I corresponded with him, and about once in two months received from him long letters in queer English, which brought before me vividly his spluttering, enthusiastic, gesticulating conversation.

罗马后同他继续有书信往，每两个月左右就接到他用怪里怪气的英语写的封长信。他谈话时那种又急切又热情、双手挥舞的神情总是跃然纸上。

" Oh, well, what else can you expect from a Yankee man and a white-trash girl" ? Then, after a discreet pause which gave Gerald's splutterings time to die away, she knocked on the door and handed the dress to her mother.

个北方佬跟个下流白人的女孩，他们还能干出什么好事呢？" 稍稍停顿了会，让杰拉尔德的唾沫星子消失之后，思嘉才敲门进去，把衣裳交给母亲。