That guy was quite odd. He kept asking the time.

那家伙好古怪，总是问时间。

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He crossed his fingers, asking for luck for the first time in his life.

他把手指交叉起来，平生第一次祈求好运。

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All the day, the stubborn boy went in and out of many stores, asking the same question, but each time he was refused.

这个倔强的男孩一整天进出了许多商店，问同样的问题，但每次他被拒绝了。

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He called it "the height of irresponsibility" at a time when they were asking taxpayers for help.

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So I started to talk to the VCs and asking for $10 million at a very, very difficult time in Internet history.

就在互联网历史上最艰难的时期，我开始跟风险投资商接洽，向他们要1000万美元。

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I'm asking is that the very same extended-through-time entity as the extended-through-time entity that I used to own. I wonder.

我问的是,现在的这个贯穿时间的物体,是不是当年我拥有的,贯穿时间的物体。

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The attacker had posed as a jogger, asking her the time and then dragging the woman into some undergrowth.

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Friends started asking the full-time Intel systems engineer for their own pre-built custom arcade machines.

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The three parties in the government are asking for more time to make the cuts, but its international creditors have lost patience.

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