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I could heartily wish a law was enacted, that every traveller, before he were permitted to publish his voyages, should be obliged to make oath before the Lord High Chancellor, that all he intended to print was absolutely true to the best of his knowledge;
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我衷心希望能实行这样一条法律：每一位旅行家在得到准许以前，必须向大法官宣誓，尽他的知识保证：他想要出版的游记全都是绝对真实的，世人才不会再像通常那样受骗上当；然而有些作家，为了使自己的作品能讨好大众，硬是用一些弥天大谎来欺骗粗心大意的读者。 |
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I could help you with your English if you'd like.
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如果你愿意，我可以帮助你学英语。 |
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I could hide in the shadow of the rice crops with a friend.
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我可以和一个朋友躲到水稻的阴影里。” |
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I could join the circus.
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我可以加入马戏团了。 |
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I could just make out a figure in the darkness.
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我隐约看见黑暗中有个人影。 |
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I could kick myself, really.
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我恨死我自己了。 |
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I could kick myself, really.
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我真恨死我自己了。 |
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I could kill you!
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我宰了你！ |
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I could make as many mistakes as I liked because with the delete key I could erase them without a trace and retype.
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我打多少错都没关系，用删除键就可以清除,不留痕迹，也不用再重打。 |
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I could make everything but the fish, relying on the help of a couple downstairs to bring that one off.
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我不会做鱼，所以请楼下的一对夫妇帮忙做，而其余都是我做的。 |
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I could make little of what he was saying.
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我弄不懂他在说些什么。 |
