I have tried to get darker but nothing works for me!

我曾努力让自己变得更黑，但任何东西对我都不起作用！

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The Wolf tries hard to take out the bone, but nothing works.

狼：这骨头咽不下去，也吐不出来，我没办法了，得找人帮忙。

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No. It's true. I've tried everything: chewing gum, biting my fingernails and even meditation, but nothing works.

男友：不是，是真的。我试过各种方法：嚼口香粮、咬手指甲、甚至打坐，可是都没效。

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The new home-from-the-war movie, written by David Benioff and directed by Jim Sheridan, has been made with great devotion and sincerity, but nothing in it quite works.

NEWYORKER: Brothers

But to say that nothing works is wrong.

ECONOMIST: Helping Africa

"Today we have extremely sophisticated technological equipment that is extremely expensive to buy, but which contributes nothing to the financing of the works that circulate on that same equipment, " Culture Minister Aurelie Filipetti said following the release of the report.

BBC: French MPs use tablets in parliament (19 February 2013)