I'm a great winner and I try to be a good loser.

我赢得起，也要努力做一个输得起的人。

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My mind was a blank and I couldn't remember her name.

我脑子里是一片空白，记不起她的名字了。

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She gave a nod and said, "I see."

她点了一下头说：“我明白了。”

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

He said, "Have a seat", and I sat down, "Is this the first time you've been to our little town?"

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I was a soccer player and I played soccer there for the four years that I was at school.

我是个足球运动员，在大学的四年里一直踢足球。

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I had my suspicions about the milkshake, and so I took a sample and I rushed it down to the lab.

我怀疑奶昔有问题，于是我取了一份样品，跑到实验室化验。

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"I drafted a survey and I went out and I just stood on a corner and I approached people, " said Lawrence.

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"After I left the Army I found myself living in a shed and chopping wood - I knew I was stuck in a rut and I wanted to get back to work, " he said.

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Ms. ALICE WALKER (Author, "The Color Purple"): I wanted to be a scientist, and then I wanted to be a pianist, and then I wanted to be a painter, and all of those things were very expensive, and we didn't have any money.

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