We sought to change his mind but we failed.

我们试图改变他的看法，但我们失败了。

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Their first goal came in a really strange way, we could have kicked the ball away, but we failed to do so and Totti played a nice ball to Giuly who was all alone.

他们的第一个进球很诡异，我们本应该把球踢得更远，但是我们没有做到，托蒂传出了一个好球，久利得分。

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We tried to persuade her to do it but failed.

我们尽力说服她去做，但没有成功。

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Several of us did our best to find a parent, but we failed.

NEWYORKER: Salvatore Scibona

In fact, we should have seen this coming as Google's official blog did hint this last month, but we failed to catch that blurred "Yes 4G" logo on the laptop in the blog's photo.

ENGADGET

But we have failed adequately to protect the two- or three-foot channel between the browser's display and the brain of the human who uses it.

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