He's bookish and awkward with people he doesn't know. He's the kind of guy who goes home at night and does crossword puzzles with his wife.
他一身书卷气，不善于和不认识的人打交道。他是那种下班会回家与妻子玩拼字谜游戏的人。Deconstruction of Chinese characters, one of the Chinese figures of speeches, is often used in character riddles.
作为一种汉字修辞格的拆字，在字谜中被广泛运用；I spent a whole day trying to work outthe ten words in the word puzzle.
我花了一整天的时间解字谜中的十个单词。I always avoid trouble if I can. I just took a biscuit myself and went back to my crossword.
能不惹麻烦，我尽量不惹麻烦，我只是拿了一块饼干，又回到我的字谜游上。Michael had got stuck trying to figure out the word essential to the word puzzle for two days before he threw up his hands in frustration.
迈克尔想了两天还没填出字谜游戏里那个至关重要的词，最后只好失望的放弃Life had been easy enough in cosmopolitan Budapest, but buying food in rural shops is like an elaborate game of charades.
在大都市布达佩斯的日子就容易多了，但是在乡村小店买食品就像用肢体来表演字谜游戏。When the man took a second biscuit, I didn't look up and I didn't make a sound. I pretended to be very interested in the puzzle.
那个男人拿第二块饼干时，我没抬头，也没出声，装出一副对字谜很感兴趣的样子。Trying to give your brain a workout with a crossword puzzle?
想玩个字谜智力游戏让你的大脑锻炼锻炼？when you feel like a failure, do something your good at; sew or knit, weed the garden, fly a kite, finish a crossword puzzle.
如果你觉得自己是个失败者，去做一件你拿手的事情；缝纫或编织，也可以除除草，放放风筝，去解开一个字谜。