He gave a feeble shrug and tried to squirm free.

他微微地耸了耸肩，扭动着试图挣脱。

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She went straight over and tried to chat him up.

她径直走了过去试图同他搭讪。

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One guy stuck his foot out and tried to trip me.

有个家伙伸出他的脚试图绊倒我。

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She did not dare to look down and tried to forget that her fingers hurt and her feet were bleeding.

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Mussorgsky sat down and tried to come up with, create a musical response to each of these paintings that were on display.

穆索尔斯基坐下来,寻找灵感,想创作一首音乐作品来呼应这些,展览出的画作

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And I pretty much worked hard, double harder and tried to get as much as I can in.

我确实很努力，我付出了双倍的努力并且尝试着得到更多。

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Nevertheless, I stepped back, brushed off my ego, and tried to put myself in her shoes.

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He disguised the program as something else, and tried to get friends to install it.

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He kept it in his desk and tried to read a little during lunch breaks.

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