她犹豫了很久才敢对他提起那个字。

She hesitated for a long time before daring to mention the ___l-word to him.

在聚会上，当有人提到那个敏感的l-word话题时，大家都突然安静了下来。

At the party, when someone brought up that sensitive ___l-word topic, everyone suddenly went quiet.