He wrote a very formal letter of apology to Douglas.

他写了一封非常正式的道歉信给道格拉斯。

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He learned some blacksmithing but had very little formal education.

他曾学习打铁，但几乎没有接受过正规教育。

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He was a tall, heavy looking young man of five and twenty. His air was grave and stately, and his manners were very formal.

他是个二十五岁的青年，高高的个儿，望上去很肥胖，他的气派端庄而堂皇，又很拘泥礼节。

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Anything he writes is going to be forced, compelled - and with his forced fingers rude he violates the formal prosodic, the metrical, scheme of his elegy at its very opening.

他写什么都是被迫的，不得已而为之的,-用他这粗鲁的手指，他在这悼亡诗的一开头，就没能遵守写诗的韵律规范。

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He cares very much about treating his problems, despite the lack of much formal education.

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When he became Pope Francis, Bergoglio expressed the same sentiment in his very first formal remarks, delivered at the Sistine Chapel.

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