I have learned many languages, but I've not mastered them the way a professional interpreter or translator has.

我学过许多语言，但我还没有像专业的翻译人员那样精通这些语言。

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I had to find a way to grind the corn into flour, but the rocks on the island were not hard enough.

我必须想办法把玉米磨成面粉，但岛上的岩石不够坚硬。

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My foot slipped from under me, knocking the other out of the way, but I recovered and said to myself that it's a slip and not a fall.

我一只脚滑了一跤，另一只脚也因而站不稳了。但晃过神来时，我就告诫自己：这只不过是滑了一跤，并不是摔倒爬不起来了。

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It appears to be useful in that way but I imagine it does more compelling things these days but I have not seen it myself.

那样看起来仿佛比较有效果,但我想这些天它非常引人注目,只是我自己没看到而已。

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Also,we see the letter of Ephesians--again,claims to be by Paul but I'll argue is not by Paul when we get to that lecture, way into the semester.

再看看以弗所书，它也自诩为保罗所写,但我认为不是，到那节课我们再讲，这要到学期开始比较久之后。

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So I could do it empirically, but I don't want to do that typically, it's just not a great way to get at it. And so in fact, what we want is exactly what the young lady said.

我可以凭借经验来做,但是我不想那么来,因为那并不是一种好方法，并且实际上,我们想要的和这位年轻女士说的确实相同。

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In the same way, I may not hear music the way other people hear it, but I have nothing else to compare it to, or didn't for most of my life.

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