This is what I'm supposed to tell you guys and we're all here to help you out.

我应该告诉你的就是这一点,我们在这的目的就是为了帮你们解决问题。

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He's the charlatan preacher. We're certainly not meant to identify with him or to sympathize with him, but here you can't help but thinking about someone getting their thumb smashed in a door.

他是虚伪的传教士，我们当然不打算要支持或,同情他，但是读到这儿你禁不住要去,想，某人的大拇指被猛然关上的门夹住的场景。

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