EXAMPLE: I asked my jobless friend if he had found any new prospects for employment, but he just said 'Nada' and looked a little sad.

我问失业的朋友，是否找到了新的求职希望，他只是说“啥也没有”，表情有点难过。

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He said he didn't want the job anyway, but that's just sour grapes.

他说反正他并不想干这份工作，这不过是吃不着葡萄就说葡萄酸而已。

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She was really hurt, but Kevin said he just wanted one last date to be sure that he was in love because he wanted to ask her to marry him.

她真的很伤心，但是凯文说他只是想最后一次约会来确定他是否真的爱她，因为他想让她和他结婚。

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He just smiled and said, "A man ain't nothing but a man.He has just got to do his best."

VOA: special.2009.02.21

But his mother has said he is just sixteen years old.

VOA: special.2009.04.25

Standing before Turkish parliamentarians, he said he wants to restore trust not just between the United States and Turkey, but America and the Muslim world.

VOA: standard.2009.04.06

But he just said, Ta to, Mom, ta to, and danced right out the door.

NEWYORKER: The Pura Principle

Charles Campoverde, 41 years old, prefers riding the C train during rush hours it's a lot less crowded, he said but said sometimes he just can't take the filth.

WSJ: MTA Moving to Phase Out the C Line's Clunkers

He accepted that dating results had put the road in the Iron Age period but said he just did not believe structured roads would have happened in that period.

BBC: Iron Age road found in Shropshire by archaeologists