"If only we knew," said one, "the kind of house she likes best."

“要是我们知道，”其中一个说，“她最喜欢什么样的房子就好了。”

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If only we knew where to look for him!

如果我们知道上哪里去找他就好了！

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We think that if only we knew the answers to all our questions, our pain would diminish.

但愿我们能找到答案，我们的痛苦也大大减轻了。

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These are bads of life that could presumably be avoided if only we knew how much exactly we had--how much longer we had.

生命中的一些坏处可以被认为是可避免的,只要我们知道我们到底还有多少，还有多少时间。

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As I said, in some context last time, how many Russian peasants died in the 1890s thinking, "Oh my god, if the Czar only knew that we're starving, how angry he would be with his officials."

就像我在上一讲提到的,有多少死于1890年代的俄国农民会想,"上帝啊,要是沙皇知道我们在挨饿就好了,他该对手下的官员发多大的火啊"

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If we only knew then what we know now.

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