And yet. When I gave it to the only person in S. whose opinion I cared about, she just shrugged and said maybe it would be better if I made things up.

然而，我这本书只送给过S村里面的一个人，我只在乎她一个人的看法，不过只是耸耸肩说：“如果你再改改，可能会更好。”

youdao

That being said, I do believe (or maybe it's just a hope) that at some point both groups will combine their efforts and produce a single specification.

这就是说，我确实相信（或者可能仅仅是一个期望）两个组将结合他们的努力并产生一个单独的规范。

youdao

"Maybe I don't know what I'm talking about," said the city slicker, "but if you just shook the tree so the apples fell to the ground, wouldn't it save a lot of time?"

“也许我不明白我在说什么，”城里人说，“假如你摇着苹果树把苹果摇到地上，不是会省很多时间么？”

youdao

And I'm wondering if you think the same could be said of your relations with foreign leaders, who maybe were just a teensy bit falling all over you when you first arrived on the world stage.

WHITEHOUSE: G20 Summit Presidential Press Conference