The false bride said to the prince, "Dear husband, pray do me one piece of kindness."

假新娘对王子说：“亲爱的丈夫，请帮我做一件善事吧。”

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I swear on all I hold dear that I had nothing to do with this.

我拿我所在乎的一切发誓我与这件事情无关。

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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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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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"A lot of them are holding on for dear life to do the only thing they have ever known, which is to go back in the paper mill, " Mr. Belanger said.

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The fact is, companies that play it fast-and-loose with one area of their operations--like financial reporting--are probably inclined to do the same in areas near and dear to shoppers' hearts--like product quality, truth in advertising and merchandise returns policies.

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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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