You may have done something out of line, but by feeling guilty you are showing that you know the proper way to behave, and are making an attempt to fit in.

当你做了一些不太合规矩的事情，你会通过使自己内疚让别人明白你做错了而且你知道该怎么做，以此换来别人对你的好感。

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It had long relied on faxes, phone calls and FedExes to and from thousands of dealers, but making its 100 databases all line up and behave would take at least a day.

FORBES: Data Of Reckoning