I suppose it was even though I did it to keep me alive and feed many people.

我看该是的，尽管我是为了养活自己并且给许多人吃用才这样干的。

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If a slave dies you got to buy a new machine, and while he's alive you got to feed him.

如果一个奴隶死掉了,你就得买台新的,他活着时你还要养着他

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Robin: Apart from the immediate needs for the people for food to keep them alive today, tomorrow and coming weeks, you also have the problem of how they are going to feed themselves in the months to come.

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