For years he harbored a secret wish to become a painter.

多年来他暗暗希望自己能成为一名画家。

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Remorse is a mixture of good will and bad faith: a sincere desire to close old wounds and a secret wish to be left alone.

悔恨是善意与恶意的混合体，一方面真心希望能愈合过去的伤口，另一方面，又暗自希望能独处。

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It wants a decisive shift of powers to Flanders, and makes little secret of its wish to see Belgium “evaporate” within the EU.

N-VA希望将比利时的决定性权利都转移到佛兰德斯，并且其想要比利时从欧盟“消失“的心愿也昭然若知。

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In fact, I cannot help but wonder if Kristol does not have a secret death wish for Israel, the Republican Party, and the United States.

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"I make no secret of the fact that we wish to put a pro-government faction in the Duma, " the bloc's leader, Sergey Shoygu, said during the election campaign.

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Mr Dervis makes no secret of his wish to work with Mr Cem as a possible coalition partner.

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