I wrote to him but I never had an answer back.

我给他写了信，但是我从未收到回信。

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Since then, Rihanna's become something more than an icy pop star, but still, while her songs answer what, they never seem to get to why.

从那时开始，蕾哈娜就远不是个酷酷的流行歌手那么简单。但是，她的歌仍然是在回答着是什么，却从不明说为什么。

youdao

There's no reason to add anything to that, but I never give a two-word answer when I can write a full sentence (or more).

没什么好多说的了，对于这个名字，这个位置而言。 但是对于我能够写下一整句话的时候，我绝对不会简简单单地用两个单词来表达的。

youdao

One would think so, but we may never know the answer to that question.

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Some victims of Father Maciel said they privately and publicly asked Pope Benedict for a meeting, but that they never received an answer.

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Whether we hit the barriers of political unacceptability or a market attempt to take down the ECB first is a question everybody hopes we never have to answer, but markets have staged attacks on central banks before.

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