He wept shamelessly, almost breaking his fingers with desperation, but he could not break her down.

他毫不害臊地哭了起来，在绝望中差点儿扭断了手指，可是无法动摇她的决心。

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" Some time back a new manager took the question and slowly, with her voice almost breaking, said, "It was a $19 baseball glove.

过了一会儿，一名新经理接过问题，慢慢地、用悲伤的声音说道：“是因为一副十九美元的棒球手套。”

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This phrase is almost like a verbal talisman, designed to ward off bad luck after tempting fate: "Breaking that mirror didn't bring me any trouble, knock on wood."

这个短语几乎是一个口头护身符，用来在犯错误之后避开厄运：“打破了那面镜子不会带给我厄运，敲敲木头。”

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Working out of his home with five part-time reporters and two part-time ad-sellers, he is almost breaking even.

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He said later that the decision strained his vow of obedience almost to breaking point.

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Police resources are stretched almost to breaking point so if we started trying to investigate every instance of stupidity within Twitter then we would be really pushed.

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