He thought that the book might help him move on from always thinking about his family's past.

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Exactly, so you might have been thought especially in years past to defragment, so to speak, your hard drive once in a while.

你可能认为需要进行,碎片整理这种操作，也可以说硬盘驱动器有时需要你这么做。

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They thought bank runs were a thing of the past.

他们还以为银行挤兑是过去才发生的事儿

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