Precisely. That's just what I had tried to talk her round.

就是嘛， 我也这么劝过她。

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I had tried to make contact a few years earlier but it was not the right time.

几年前我曾试图联系他，但是那次时机不是很好。

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I began by saying that I had tried to answer the questions specifically and pointedly.

我首先就说，我一直试图具体地和有针对性地回答问题。

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I was only 12, but I tried to sound like I had been doing this for years.

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And he says of his own writing, "I had tried to convey something of what it felt like to be a Negro, and no one had been able to listen.

作者自己也这小说里写道：“我曾试着去和身边人,传达那种我想成为黑人的强烈感觉，但没人能听进去。

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John Geanakoplos and I had a meeting and we tried to divide up the subject matter of finance into two courses.

约翰·吉纳科普洛斯和我开了个会,我们将金融这一学科,分为两门课

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If I had tried to rush my destiny--as if destiny could be rushed!

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And in law school, I had tried to do both without having to work in a bar or a restaurant.

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He sidled over to one of the boxes I had righted, and tried to tip it over.

NEWYORKER: Stung