Oh dear, I had nearly forgotten what I meant to do.

哦，天哪，我几乎忘了我本来打算干什么。

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It began, "Dear George W.Bush.If there's anything you know, I, Ashley Pearson, age 10, can do to help anyone, please send me a letter and tell me what I can do to save our country.

信的开头是这样写的：“亲爱的乔治·W·布什”，“如果你知道像我阿斯雷·佩尔森，这样一个10岁女孩能做什么事情来帮助别人，请你给我回信，告诉我做些什么才能帮助或者拯救我们的国家。”

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Tat: Oh dear... What to do now that I'm out of the house?

乙：哦，亲爱的，我都已经在外面了，那该怎么办呢？

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This is actually something very near and dear to my heart because I literally would not be doing what I do in life today had I not taken a couple of courses here, this one in particular, pass fail.

事实上，我是很关心的,因为今天我就不会站在这里,如果当初我没有这里上课的话，这门课，要么过要么挂科。

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Again, a reminder to my dear readers, what you say and do on social networks can and will be used against you in a court of law.

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Second, just as backup quarterbacks frequently wait for mistakes made by the starter in order to get their chance to play, so do prudent individuals often save their money in order to buy on the cheap what was once dear.

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