Grant said, deciding that an indirect approach was just a waste of time.
Grant 说， 认为间接方法只是浪费时间。
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But then, just as I am about to break my news to him, I will decide to keep it back just a while longer and try the indirect approach.
随后，我正想告诉他这个消息，临时决定故意再多隐瞒一会儿，用间接的方式告诉他。
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Indirect approach
The Indirect approach is a military strategy described and chronicled by B. H. Liddell Hart after World War I. It was an attempt to find a solution to the problem of high casualty rates in conflict zones with high force to space ratios, such as the Western Front on which he served. The strategy calls for armies to advance along the line of least resistance.