“I’ve got to feed the dog.” “My mother phones me at 11 pm and I have to be home for her call.”

“ 你可以随便找一个理由来打住（”还要为明天做很多准备“，”我家有狗要喂“，“我母亲晚上11点会给我打电话，我要回去接电话”）。

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I adore my husband, my son, my grandchildren, my mother, my dog, and frankly I don't know if they even like me.

我爱丈夫，爱儿子，爱孙子，爱母亲，爱我的狗。说实话，我甚至不知道他们是不是喜欢我。

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"What shall I do," said a very little dog one day to his mother, "to show my gratitude to our good master, and make myself of some value to him?"

一天，一只小狗对他的妈妈说：“我该怎么做，才能向我们仁慈的主人表示感谢，让自己对他有价值呢？”

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"My mother had a dog just like him, so I would tell her it was her dog, and she would hold onto his leash, even in bed up to the last few weeks before she passed away, " Walsh said.

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