We needed her help but were fobbed off by promises.

我们很需要她的帮助，但她用空头支票忽悠了我们。

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On the one hand her temper was likely to cause trouble, but on the other hand we needed her expertise.

一方面她的脾气容易引起麻烦，但别一方面我们却需要他的专业技能。

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Everything we wanted for her—trusted care providers; a very familiar environment; continuing support; good food—were things we needed but didn't have the first time Linda gave birth.

我们想要给她的一切——能够信任的照料人员、一个熟悉的环境、持续的支持、好的食物——这些都是我们在琳达第一次生育时没办法提供给她的。

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"We really needed her to speak not only from her point of view as to what they were going through at the time, but to speak for John as well, " said the film's other director, John Scheinfeld.

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Once we learned that Mom needed a transplant, her former students, friends, and colleagues -- even those she did not know personally -- started setting up bone marrow drives around the country.

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One of the nurses even gave us her home phone number in case we needed to chat.

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