"Yes," Patty answered, trying not to cry.

“是的。”帕蒂回答着，努力不让自己哭出来。

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I defy anyone not to cry at the end of the film.

我倒要看看有谁在电影结尾时不哭。

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And now she'll learn how not to cry.

会学会怎样忍住不哭。

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Even with his white beard the Captain looked like a little boy trying not to cry.

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Not Milton himself would cry up liberty to poor female slaves or plead for the lawfulness or resisting a private tyranny.

即便米尔顿本人也不愿为那些女奴的自由所呼号,辩解，或是反对这种私底下的暴行“

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I realized that I would just cry all of the time and I was not going to be a very good counselor,

我意识到我会时常哭泣，而且不会成为一名优秀的心理辅导员。

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He says Abdulrahman made him promise not to cry in front of their mother.

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He was humiliated and in pain but tried not to cry while they were waiting.

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And, when Aviad read that passage, he had to try hard not to cry, too.

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