I do know how upset the shop staff can get, but I try to persuade them to keep smiling.

我知道店员会有多生气，但我努力说服他们保持微笑。

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While you may not be able to do anything to persuade your company to turn up the heat, you can try a few tricks to stay as warm as possible.

虽然你可能无法做任何事情来劝说你的老板提高温度，但是你可以尝试一些小技巧来使自己温暖一些。

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In the previous film, I had to try and persuade people, but now he's more at home and more centered, and he has to do less.

在以前的电影里，我必须力图说服别人，但是现在他更熟悉，更居中，而他必须少做一些。

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But when we build our military, when we promote democracy, when we operate in internationa institutions, when we try to persuade other nations to do what we want.

但当我们壮大军事力量时，当我们宣扬民主，当我们在国际机构处理事务时，当我们试图说服其他国家,听从我们时。

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Instead they are using all their connections in east Africa to try to shift "perception away from cash machines" and to try to persuade the pirates to do the "humanitarian thing and let them go", said Mr Gardner.

BBC: Somalia pirates: kidnapped couple's family urge release