He had no wish to start a fight.

他无意挑衅。

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Prior to the start of the fight, promoter Tex Rickard visits Dempsey and his manager in his dressing room.

比赛开始前，赞助人特克斯·里卡德在更衣室里拜访了邓普西和他的经理人（卡恩斯）。

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He feels strong and independent. He is often the first one to start a fight.

他觉得自己身强力壮，凡事自作主张，经常是他，第一个挑起了打架。

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They wanted to start a fight. They would wait for someone to be brave enough to try to hit it off.

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But it sounded like a campaign speech as Gordon Brown, at the very start, vowed a fight to win next year's election.

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When one of the priests tells everyone in Tetum to take the rice to the mountains, the crowd goes wild as people start to fight over the sacks.

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And now under the command of General Petraeus, we have the troops who are there in a position to start taking the fight to the terrorists.

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Some nights, especially when gauchos from out of town or some disoriented travelling salesman turned up, Pereda felt a powerful desire to start a fight.

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