“如果你愿意的话。”我把手塞在大腿下面，观察着正在看请柬的父亲，他用指头一行行边指着边看。

"If you want to." I slid my hands under my thighs and watched as he read it, tracing each line with his finger.

youdao

傍晚时分，他徘徊着回到了拜先生的店铺，泰米尔小伙计正在等着他，告诉他：“我没有把你辞职的事情告诉老板，我知道你可能会回来。”

When he wandered back to Mr. Pai's shop in the evening, the Tamilian boy was waiting for him. He said, "I never told the boss you quit."

youdao

我已经看及你将自己塞满涂抹着糖的毒素，这些毒素使你麻醉，而它们正在拖累你更高的提升。

I have watched you fill yourself with poison coated with sugar that gave you a buzz and stripped you leaving you starving for your next high.

youdao

I have to try to understand what you're saying and I have to refer it to what I want to say, and the circuit of communication between us has to stay open as a result of this mutual and developing understanding of what we're talking about.

我需要试着了解你正在说什么,并且与我想说的话进行联系，我们之间的交流要进行下去,这是我们对于谈论内容的相互发展着的,了解的结果。

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