Why so that I could always understand what was being said to me and about me, and I could always make myself understood.

因为这样我就能明白别人对我说了什么以及说了我什么，我也能让别人明白我的意思。

I managed to make myself understood with the help of a phrase book.

【help】在短语手册的帮助下我设法让别人明白了我的意思。

I’m not very good at German, but I can make myself understood.

【understand】我德语不是太好，不过我能说清楚自己的意思。

The few signs I used became less and less adequate, and my failures to make myself understood were invariably followed by outbursts of passion.

但是我使用的几个简单的手势已经远远不够用了；而且，当我无法表明自己的意图时，我就会气急败坏。

This was not at all the way I wanted her to see me. Not standing there in front of her, dumbly, unable to make myself understood.

这绝不是我要她看到我的方式，不是这样呆站在她面前，一句话也表达不出来。

But, you know, I'm pretty quick at languages, I'd picked up enough Tamil to understand and make myself understood in the South.

但是，你知道，我的语言非常快， 我学会了足够多的泰米尔语来理解并让自己在南方被理解。

Now a lot of you say you understand me, I speak very clearly, I'm presenting, I'm trying to make myself understood, but at the same time, this is how I speak, I speak very clearly, even when I speak quickly.

很多人认为能听懂我讲话，我口齿清晰，我在给大家展示，尽量能让大家理解我的，但是，这就是我讲话的方式，即便我语速很快都会口齿清晰。