I didn't want to say anything without actually reading the letter first.

在未确实读信之前我什么也不想说。

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After you begin to talk to someone or smile at someone for the first time, remember to say "I did it! " to yourself.

当你第一次和别人说话或微笑时，记得对自己说：“我做到了！”

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Today I say the first thing you should take out of your diet is dairy.

今天我要说，要首先从您的饮食中去掉的就是奶制品。

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LOU COSTELLO: "What I want to find out." BUD ABBOTT: "I say Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know's on third."

VOA: special.2009.03.09

It's only to say that I can't escape the fact that the very first movement of mind, not the last movement but the first movement of mind, is interpretative.

只能说我不能回避的事实,是我思维的第一反应，不是最后反应而是第一反应，就是解读。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

I was going to say when you first start doing this, even people who have been doing it for a long time still go off on ten-minute daydreams before realizing that their minds were wondering.

我本想说第一次尝试时，但即便是修行多年的人,也会走神十分钟之久,方才意识到自己刚做了白日梦。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

So tomorrow when I wake, the first words I will say are the first words I say every morning.

CNN: Lieberman: 'A difficult but realistic decision'

Well I mean the first thing I'd say is the economy is now growing.

BBC: Transcript of George Osborne interview

So I guess the first thing I want to say is, just very quickly, I worked very hard with Senator Murray to pass and fight for small businesses for health care legislation reform, and you guys passed that, and I just have great respect for that.

WHITEHOUSE: Backyard Discussion on Women and the Economy