"But it cannot be," he spluttered.

“但那不可能，”他结结巴巴地说。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

In public he supported the official policy, but privately he was sure it would fail.

他明里支持这项官方政策，但暗中却相信它会失败。

《牛津词典》

It's a complex issue, but he only sees it in black and white.

那是个复杂的问题，但他却只看到对与错的分别。

《牛津词典》

He said he would get it, but first he wanted to know how big she thought the moon was.

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But he wants to get at something here, and I think it's helpful to put it next to that advertisement for Ulysses.

我觉得把它和那个《尤利西斯》的广告放在一起，会对你们很有帮助。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

So, Columbus gets the glory of discovering America but it's up to debate if he actually did discover it.

所以，哥伦布获得了发现美洲的殊荣，但对于这个问题，人们仍然争论不休。

哥伦布的故事 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

It is not the first time he has said it, but he repeated it again and again, so there was no misunderstanding.

BBC: Obama tries to reassure Palestinians

The judge said he recognised that it was the holiday period, but he said it was essential that new appeals should be organised as quickly as possible.

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It took 15 ballot failures and a couple of post-election rejections before Ron Santo made it, but he made it.

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