After this he immediately let himself in and began barking again. Suddenly, I thought a good idea: I can write it in my composition!

突然，我想到一个好主意：我可以把它写进我的作文！

youdao

I thought, "Wow, what a good idea."

我想: “哇，多妙的一个主意。”

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I thought that would be a good idea as there'd be a lot of people around but I'm finding it a bit noisy.

我以为那是个好主意，因为周围会有很多人，但是我开始觉得有点吵。

youdao

And I thought it was probably a good idea to keep him there.

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Michelle -- what can I say -- she was amazing. (Applause.) President Clinton made the case the way only he can. (Applause.) Somebody sent around a tweet saying, you need to appoint him secretary of explaining stuff. (Laughter.) So I thought that was a pretty good idea.

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