This was no Saint Francis with enough time to knock out a few canticles or to preach to the birds or do any of the other endearing things so close to Franny Glass's heart.

圣人弗朗西斯没有足够的时间去,来唱颂歌或者向鸟儿告解或者做任何,其他讨喜的事情，正合弗兰尼的心意。

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And acting was just really, really close to my heart since I was a young, young child.

从小时候起，表演真的一直是我最喜欢的。

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Some of them have to do with merely digesting food and moving the body around, and making the heart beat,and the lungs open and close.

有一些只负责消化食物或者身体活动，让心脏跳动，让肺部呼吸。

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So, we have a certain mode of talking about things that we own or things that are close to us "My arm, my heart, my child, my car."

我们对我们所拥有的,或是与我们有关的事物,有着特定的表述模式,比如,"我的胳膊,我的心脏,我的孩子,我的爱车"

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Yet another example close to heart.

还有另一个接近要点的例子。

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