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He was trying to make himself understood.
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他努力想让别人听懂他的话。 |
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He was trying to redeem himself for his earlier failure.
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他试图挽回他早些时候的失败。 |
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He was trying to say something, his face blurred by my angry tears, but I couldn't hear him, for I was now backing and stumbling out of the store, my temples throbbing with the most awful humiliation I had ever felt.
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他想说什么，他的脸在我的泪中变模糊了，但我还是没有听到他在说什么，因为磕磕绊绊地倒着走出商店，我的脑袋太阳穴因为所感到得最可怕的耻辱而突突跳动。 |
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He was trying to smooth over his own responsibility for the delay, instead of accepting his fault.
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他不是承认错误，而是在企图掩饰自己对这次延误应承担的责任。 |
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He was trying to think of a way out, but it was impossible to find one.
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他正在设法想出一条出路，但那是不可能的。 |
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He was trying to wangle his way onto the committee.
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他千方百计想钻入委员会中. |
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He was trying to write music.
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他现在试著在写音乐。 |
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He was turned out because he could not pay for the rents.
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因为付不起房租他被赶了出来。 |
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He was twelve years old and had lately grown rather stout, but he was still a majestic-looking pig, with a wise and benevolent appearance in spite of the fact that his tushes had never been cut.
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少校已经12岁了，到现在已经长得相当健壮，不过看起来仍然很有贵族气息，它拥有一副聪明而又慈祥的外表，尽管事实上它的犬齿从来没有被剪过。 |
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He was unable to get down from his precarious position on the rocks.
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他无法从岩石危险的位置上下来。 |
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He was unable to name a wrist watch.
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他不能说出手表的名称。 |
