He tried to say something, but gulped, and no words came.

他想说什么，但哽住了，什么话都说不出来。

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He tried to say something but he was too weak to say a word.

他努力地想说些什么，但是他太虚弱了，一个字也说不出。

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He tried to say something, but he was too weak to say a word.

他试图想说些什么，但是他太虚弱了，一个字也说不出。

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They say Mutallab suffered severe burns when he tried to use a liquid to ignite powder strapped to his legs and blow up the aircraft.

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If he switched from gold to let's say iron, he also tried platinum, a number of different foils, he found that they count rate it still was 20 alpha particles per minute.

金箔的时候，计数率就变成零了,如果他把金换成比如说铁，他们还尝试了铂,还有一系列其他的箔片，他发现计数率还是每分钟。

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The man and the boy didn't say anything while he tried to start it.

在他准备开动时,那男人和男孩一言不发。

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"While I was putting the bandage on... he tried to say something but I couldn't understand what he was saying, " she said.

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He tried to say the sum was just like a present for a close relative--"When a rich brother goes to visit a poorer brother, the rich brother should not go empty-handed, " he explained--but that excuse was utterly unconvincing.

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But the section of Blair's written testimony on "Iranian WMD and Missile Program" deserves a spotlight all its own--both for what Blair said and what he tried to un-say.

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