Frost says at the time that he's publishing A Boy's Will, to a friend: You mustn't take me too seriously if I now proceed to brag a bit about my exploits as a poet.

他在发表第一本书时对一个朋友说：,不要对我太认真,如果我现在吹嘘自己已是一位诗人。

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And,he of course pushes centralization even further, where he liked to brag-- it's one of these famous lines you find in textbooks, but--that he could look at his watch and see the high schools,were studying at any one time.

他进一步的推动了中央集权,他喜欢自吹自擂,这是在教科书里经常可以看到的,他自称,他看着表就可以知道,学习情况

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