"That's not like Alf," he said, "leaving papers muddled like that. He's always so neat."

“那可不像阿尔夫，”他说，“让文件乱成那样。他总是很整洁的。”

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He said nothing before leaving except one word: goodbye!

他离开前只说了一句话：再见！

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Rather than cloaking his exit in the usual vague excuses, he came right out and said he was leaving "to pursue my goal of running a company".

他没有像往常一样用含糊不清的借口来掩饰自己的离职，而是直截了当地表示，他离开是“为了追求自己经营一家公司的目标”。

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As he is leaving the room, he turned around and said, " Just one more thing.

在他走出房间时，他转过身说，“还有一件事。

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He said leaving the clue "seemed the natural thing to do somehow".

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Friday, he said he was leaving the United States to find out what has happened to his family in Iraq.

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"Booze was controlling my life, you know, everything was around alcohol, " he said after leaving the centre.

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