One night a accidentally bumped into a man, and perhaps because of the near darkens he saw me and called me an insulting name.

一天晚上我碰巧撞上了一个男人。大概是因为周围一片漆黑，他看见了我，然后骂了我。

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He looked from face to face and chose Chavel, perhaps because he was the only man with a waistcoat fit to take the chain.

他环顾了每一个人，然后选择了查维尔。 也许是因为只有他穿着西服背心适合戴表链。

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If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.

一个人如果和同伴步调不一致，也许是因为他听到了不一样的鼓点，就让他跟着自己听到的音乐走吧，不管这音乐有什么样的韵律，或是多么的遥远。

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Despite (or perhaps because of) this, many Saudis hope he is the man to save the country.

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