皮诺乔以为他父亲害怕了，设法安慰他说：“勇敢点，爸爸！”

Pinocchio, thinking his father was frightened, tried to comfort him by saying, "Courage, Father!"

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不管怎么说，他已设法说服了凯给他买一个。

Somehow, he'd managed to persuade Kay to buy one for him.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

我设法迫使他说出了真情。

I managed to force the truth out of him.

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He says in another moment, "I was Mexican." He's always trying to be more exotic than himself, than simple Sal Paradise.

在另一个时刻他说过：“我是墨西哥人“，他总是在,设法让自己变得更具有异国情调，而不做那个简单的萨尔。

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