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。
I offered to pay but he was having none of it.
我提出付账，但他坚决不让我付。
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。
"But it cannot be," he spluttered.
“但那不可能，”他结结巴巴地说。
He tried his best to move it, but the box would not move at all.
他尽了最大的努力去搬动它，但那箱子一点也不动。
"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。
He is pretty upset about it, but what can you do?
他对此很不高兴，但你能怎么办呢？
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。
Now surely he would understand; but not a bit of it.
现在，他一定明白了；但一点也不明白。
He knew he was behaving unworthily, but he could not help it.
他知道他的行为是可耻的，但他却不由自主这样做。
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。
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。
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 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。
He told her a pack of lies, but she swallowed it whole.
他对她讲了一堆假话，可她全都信以为真。
He found the test difficult but nevertheless made a good stab at it.
尽管他觉得试题很难，但还是尽力去做了。
He can be very helpful, but only when it suits him.
有时候他非常肯帮忙，不过那得他觉得合适。
I was about to take the last cake, but he beat me to it.
我正要拿那最后一块饼，却给他抢先一步。
He had been cheating the taxman but it was years before he was found out.
他过去一直在欺骗税务部门，只是多年以后才被查出来。
He was disappointed at not getting the job, but he'll get over it.
他没得到这份工作非常失望，不过他会想得开的。
"But I do not know it," said he, "and no one knows it!"
“可是我不知道，”他说，“谁也不知道！”
She advised Stan to cut that beard off many times, but he never did it.
她建议斯坦把胡子剪掉很多次，但他从来没有这样做过。
He often met it, but he always forgot it.
他经常遇到它，但他总是忘记。
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