"You know, people conveniently forget the things they say."—"Well this is it."

“你知道，人们会轻易地忘记自己说的话。”—“嗯，是这样。”

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He will say the acceptable part of the truth and very conveniently "forget" about the unacceptable part of it.

他会刻意的讲出关于事实的可以让人接受的那一部分，而对于不能让人接受的另一半，他会蓄意的避而不谈。

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But it does mean that, if I'm lazy and let my desk get messy, there's no way for me to conveniently forget about it. Every time I sit down to work, I have to face the hassle of a cluttered desk.

不过，有一点是确定的：如果我懒到让书桌一团乱，那我根本不可能安心地忘掉它而去做别的事情。

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