He probably didn't know what it was, but he knew that it made me happy.

他可能不知道这是什么东西，但他知道这能让我开心。

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This was the farthest from home he had ever travelled, but he knew that he couldn't stay there.

这已是他离家最远的一次历程，然而他明白，不能呆在这里。

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But he knew that his three sons despised the farm work, and were eager to make wealth, trough adventure.

可他知道自己的三个儿子瞧不起农活，都迫不及待的想通过冒险发家致富。

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I knew he did not understand, but like me,he took it to mean that I meant no harm.

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So that he knew a lot about music, but he never performed or never was active as a musician.

他对音乐很懂，但他从来没有,表演过或者成为一个积极的音乐人。

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He didn't mention the name because, I assume, he thought everyone knew this was Blanc; but Marx was falsely attributed to having made that statement.

我猜他之所以没有提及原作者是因为，他认为大家都知道这句话的出处;,但由此马克思却被误认为,是那句话的原作者。

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He was emotionally deficient but he knew that what he was doing was wrong, she added.

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Torch was no doctor, but he knew that he wanted a life of quality, not just quantity.

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Its sales saved his publishing house, but he knew that both his parents were appalled by it.

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