I kept a straight face as long as I could, but I finally had to crack up.

我尽量板着面孔，但最后还是控制不住失声大笑起来。

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I was too busy trying to speed things up, but things just weren't moving, so I finally gave up.

我一直忙于加快速度，但事情就是没有进展，所以我最终放弃了。

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"They thought the idea was a little out there," Brennan recently told CNN Money, but he kept pushing, and finally received a $3,000 loan to start his company.

“他们觉得这个想法有点离谱。”布伦南最近在接受 CNN 财经采访时表示，但他继续努力，最终获得了3000美元的贷款，成立了自己的公司。

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But when the others finally asked his opinion, he admitted that he wanted to continue taking care of the baby himself.

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It slows us down, yes, but this slowing down is a means of enriching what we finally grasp to be the meaning of a text.

它阻碍了我们的阅读,它阻碍了我们的阅读，但是同时也丰富了文本意义。

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We were kind of reluctant to take on ideas from Germany, of all places, but we finally did.

我们美国人有点不愿意接受,德国人的想法，不过我们最后还是接受了。

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In fact, I had almost resolved not to try Windows 8, but to finally say Sayonara!

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We have to find ways, not just to provide health care to more people, but to find ways to finally manage our health care costs.

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He struggled with having to raise the kids, but finally came to the conclusion that he could do the job.

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