The president paid a courtesy call on Emperor Akihito.

总统礼节性地拜访了明仁天皇。

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We paid a courtesy call on the headmaster.

我们对校长作了一次礼节性的拜访。

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He had at first wanted only to make a courtesy call on Molotov.

最初，他只想对莫洛托夫进行礼节性的拜访。

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Batarical Hatashmi(ph), one of the Sunni leaders, insists it was nothing more than a courtesy call.

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Mr. Clinton, trying to avoid offending Syria, went on to Damascus right after that to pay a courtesy call.

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But within those bounds, he made a courtesy call to Duffy to cancel their golf game for later that day.

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