Word got around that she was the daughter the mining billionaire Desmond Sacco.

有传言说她是矿业大亨德斯蒙德·萨科的女儿。

Actually, in the end, it only hurt him. Word got around and now people don't trust him.

实际上，最后，他伤的只有他自己。消息传开后，现在人们都不相信他了。

Word got around that the department might be closed.

【get】有消息说这个部门可能要关闭。

So word gets around pretty fast.

所以消息传得很快。

They loved her performance, and word got around about the musical nun.

他们喜欢她的表演，关于这位音乐修女的消息也传开了。

When a show is good, word gets around.

如果有精彩好戏 就得通告亲朋好友。

And it's pretty hard to be a freeloader once word gets around.

一旦消息传开，就很难成为一个吃白食的人。

It’s a very small town and if you do something bad, word gets around.

【word】这是个很小的城镇，要是有人做了坏事，消息很快就会传开。

Still, I had worked for a newspaper of sorts, word got around, and during my sophomore year at Lisbon High I became editor of our school newspaper, The Drum.

尽管如此，我干过报纸这消息还是传了开来。我在里斯本高中上二年级的时候，成了我们校报《鼓》的编辑。