Or - "You tried on that sermon, but good try!"

或者“你这次讲道很努力，干得不错啊。”

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It was a good try but it didn't really come off.

这是一次好的尝试但未真正奏效。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

I don't think I'll be any good at tennis, but I'll give it a try.

我不认为我有打网球的特长，但是我会试一试。

《牛津词典》

Ha! But I decided I was feeling good in the warm-up, so I decided,'let's just try for it,' so I did it,".

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We won't make you write dramas like Pirandello, but we're going to try make you at least write good code.

我们的函数中的东西,我们不会让你去写皮兰德娄的荒诞剧,但是我们会教你写漂亮的代码。

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You can't get what you want you could but it's a good idea to figure out what you want before you try and get what you want.

你无法得到想要的,不,你能,但最好事先弄清楚,就是,汝欲得之,必先知之

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But it was a good try.

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