Except for these very close friends and relatives.

除了这些特别亲近的朋友和亲戚之外。

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These are people who, I guess, they don't eat anything except for fruit and they think that trees should have the vote.

我猜,这些人呢,他们只吃水果,他们认为树也有投票权

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The banks make several billion dollars' worth of profits off managing these student loans, which would be okay except for the fact that these loans are guaranteed by the federal government.

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Nobody seems to be feeling sorry for these people, except for me.

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