When he heard of the new plan he initially thought it was “a joke”.

当他最初听到这个新计划是甚至觉得这是在“开玩笑”。

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Initially, he was noncommittal. After giving it some thought, he stated that he often helped clean around the hospital ward and really enjoyed it.

开始，杰克的态度不明朗，后来，经过思考，杰克说他经常帮助打扫医院，而且确实喜欢这个工作。

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I initially thought it was a good idea.

我一开始觉得这个主意不错。

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Initially it was thought of a new Middle East peace initiative.

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"While initially it was thought that we were dealing with a sudden death, officers became increasingly suspicious of the circumstances, " said Det Ch Insp Ian Pollard.

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It feels so different, in fact, that we initially thought it was some sort of watered-down plastic version meant to be sold at a lower price.

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