I used to smoke but I gave up two years ago.

我过去抽烟，但两年前就戒了。

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I used to smoke, but I gave up a couple of years ago.

我以前抽烟，但几年前就戒掉了。

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I kept calling it but I gave up hope after a couple of days.

我一直打给它，但数天后我死心了。

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So I gave you some numbers I made up actually a long time ago, but since I've been using this game in class, somebody went out and checked.

我列举的数字都是我很久前编出来的,在我需要在课上引用数字的时候就有了,有人还为此做了调查

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When you start a company you might have had-- maybe when Peter Peterson and Stephen Schwarzman founded The Blackstone Group they gave each of them five hundred shares-- I'm just making that up-- but obviously there's going to be more shareholders as time comes in.

开办一家新公司时,你可能要...,当彼得·彼得森和史蒂芬·施瓦茨曼,创立黑石集团的时候,他们每人拿到了500股,这是我编的,显然,随着时间推移,会有更多股东

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It was not an easy task but I never gave up on my friend -- never did.

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"My heart was in my mouth, but I never gave up and just kept pushing and pushing, " he said.

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But ultimately I gave that up and found the Pillsbury pre-made dough that I roll out and decorate with my children.

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