He wanted to be rich but it was an impossible dream.
他想发财，然而这只是不可能实现的梦想。
It was just an ordinary voice, but he sang in tune.
嗓音只是一般，但他唱得很合调。
It wasn't an easy audience but he raised a laugh with his joke.
虽然这些观众很难逗乐，但他的笑话还是引起了一阵笑声。
He felt a heavy bump, but paid no attention to it.
他感觉重重地撞了一下，但没有在意。
He told me all the news but none of it was very exciting.
他告诉了我所有的新闻，但没有一件激动人心的。
He said he would resign if he didn't get more money, but it was only a bluff.
他说如果不给他加薪他就辞职，但那不过是虚张声势而已。
I offered to pay but he was having none of it.
我提出付账，但他坚决不让我付。
I don't want to take away from his achievements, but he couldn't have done it without my help.
我不想贬低他的成就，但是如果没有我的帮助，他是做不成的。
Perhaps he had slightly misled them, but it was quite unintentional.
或许他有一点误导他们了，但完全是无意的。
It isn't that he lied exactly, but he did tend to exaggerate.
他不见得是真的说谎，但他的确是有意夸大。
He hasn't said he'll do it yet, but I'm working on him.
他还没说他会做这事，不过我正在设法说服他。
"But it cannot be," he spluttered.
“但那不可能，”他结结巴巴地说。
"I think it is out now," said he; but it was not.
“我想它现在已经被弄出来了。”他说；但事实并非如此。
It seemed very far, but he heard it as distinctly as if it had been at his very side.
它似乎很远，但他听得清清楚楚，就好像它就在他身边一样。
It was a tedious and troublesome piece of work, but he finished it at last.
这是一件乏味而麻烦的工作，但他终于完成了。
It was a good speech, but he couldn't resist taking a sideswipe at his opponent.
他的讲话不错，可他还是忍不住借机把对手抨击了一番。
'Don't you care what I do?' he asked, but it was a rhetorical question.
“我做什么，难道你不关心吗？”他问道，可那是个反问。
In public he supported the official policy, but privately he was sure it would fail.
他明里支持这项官方政策，但暗中却相信它会失败。
It's a complex issue, but he only sees it in black and white.
那是个复杂的问题，但他却只看到对与错的分别。
I agree with what he says, but I'd have phrased it differently.
我赞同他说的，但我会以不同的方式表述。
It is strange to think that he held strong views on many things, but it must have been so.
想到当时他对许多事情的观点都很强硬，真是很奇怪，但那时应该就是这样。
He was through with sports, not because he had to be but because he wanted it that way.
他放弃体育运动了，不是因为他非放弃不可，而是因为他想要那样。
He made a great show of affection, but I knew he didn't mean it.
他大表爱慕之情，但我知道他不是真心的。
He won't say a dicky bird, but we think he knows who did it.
他什么都不肯说，但是我们认为他知道是谁干的。
I suggested sharing the cost, but he wasn't having any of it.
我提议分担费用，可是他不同意。
He tried his hand at fishing, but he wasn't really very good at it.
他尝试过钓鱼，但他真的不在行。
He doesn't particularly like the work but he sees it as a means to an end.
他不怎么喜欢这项工作，只是把它看作达到目的的手段而已。
He invented a new game, but it never really caught on.
他发明了一种新的游戏，但从未真正流行起来。
I didn't do it very well, but, if anything, he did it worse than I did.
我干得不太好，但其实他干得比我还糟。
Alberg opened his mouth, as if to protest. But he thought better of it.
阿尔伯格张口像是要抗议，但转念一想就放弃了。
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