那是一项艰难的工作，但我们还是完成了。

It was a difficult task but we brought it off.

《牛津词典》

我完成了家庭作业，但我很害羞——我害怕在一大群人面前讲话。

I had done my homework, but I was shy—I was afaid to speak in front of a large group of people.

youdao

没有，但我希望已经完成了。

No, but I hoped to have.

youdao

But I hesitantly took two hours to fill that essays and now owe her for or owe that phone call for the best two years of my life and truly the happiest.

但我还是磨蹭了两小时完成短文,多亏那个打来电话的人,这是我人生最美好，最快乐的两年。

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This is the first full paragraph: I don't know how to cure the sourcitis, except to tell you that I can discover a good many possible sources myself for Wise Blood, but I am often embarrassed to find that I read the sources after I had written the book.

这是第一段的全文：,“我不知道如何解决资料来源的问题，只能告诉你,我自己发现了很多《慧血》的材料来源，但我经常觉得很难堪,因为我在完成了那本书后才读的资料。

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