Neither side wanted to give up the island, but they knew they had to do something.

双方都不想放弃这个岛，但他们知道必须做点什么。

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But they knew how to control them too.

而且他们知道如何控制它们。

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And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.

约瑟认得他哥哥们，他们却不认得他。

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But they knew I would not harm a hair on their heads.

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Nobody, of course, knew this man but they knew people who might know people who would know this man.

当然这些人都不认识他，但他们认识其他人,这些人可能认识其他认识他的人。

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But I never knew too much, and my... they don't really speak English that well,

但我知道的不多，而且我的。。。实际上他们的英语并不是很好。

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Armentrout and her agent knew almost nothing about self-publishing but they knew people who did, other authors.

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It was an experiment with no guidelines, but they knew what country they were trying to build.

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Sure, some of them were making truckloads of money, but they knew exactly where it was all going.

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