He was " telling it to himself in words of one syllable" .

他是在“用一个音节的话告诉自己” 。

You have to put everything in words of one syllable for her.

【word】每件事你都得用非常简单的话跟她解释。

Three times I have briefed a group of civil servants in words of one syllable and each time they've sent back a totally unintelligible report, saying the exact opposite of what I asked them to say.

我向公务员一字一句布置了三回，每次他们交来的报告都不知所云，和我要他们说的刚好相反。