Alberg opened his mouth, as if to protest. But he thought better of it.

阿尔伯格张口像是要抗议，但转念一想就放弃了。

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While they were talking, Ma knew that the deliveryman wanted to buy her daughter a birthday cake, but he thought it was a little expensive.

聊天时，马知道了外卖送餐员想给女儿买个生日蛋糕，但他觉得有点贵。

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After a while he said gently, he saw the orchid in the yard every year, but he thought it was common grass, so he always plucked it.

过了一会儿，他轻轻地说，他每年都在院子里看到兰花，但以为那是普通的草，所以总是摘掉。

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But he thought a strong position was necessary in negotiating with Britain.

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But he thought that it should be channeled through state obligations, be there taxes or labor duties.

他认为为国尽忠就应该,通过缴税或者服劳役来履行国家义务

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He was not against the church, but he thought that people were wasting time being monks, and other people were all over the place in their Russian Orthodox equivalent.

他并不反对东正教,但他认为人们当僧侣,简直就是浪费时间,所有的人在东正教堂里都是地位平等的

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But he thought that even under Communism Russians cultivated a resilience of character that was disappearing in the West.

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Kennan wanted totalitarianism abolished, but he thought the United States could accomplish this largely by going about its business.

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But he thought he could not destroy the institution without jeopardising the nation.

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