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Answer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and short.It is a compliment to refer to a person as a nimble one in Britain five hundred years ago? Give your reason for your answer.
【正确答案】：

NO. 

AT THAT TIME, A NIMBLE PERSON WAS THOUGHT TO BE GOOD AT TAKING THINGS WITHOUT PERMISSION. 

【题目解析】：在五百年前的英国，把一个人说成一个机灵的人是一种恭维吗？不是。因为在当时，一个“nimble（机灵）的人”被认为是擅于私自拿东西的人。