I have prayed to God for help in being straightforward with people, and not say anything that might get back to someone who could be hurt by my words.

我祈求过老天帮忙，让我为人直率，不说可能会传到别人耳朵里伤害他们的话。

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But Lucia prayed to God to have the power to survive the fire.

圣·露西亚向上帝祈祷，祈求上帝赐予她力量度过这一劫难。

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I fear I may have given the impression that Gold Teeth prayed because she wanted to be less fat.

我真怕给大家留一个金牙姑姑是因为要瘦一点才祈祷的印象。

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In all that time, from McGovern (who I still admire greatly) to Clinton, through Mondale and Carter, through Dukakis and Gore, I have waited and waited, hoped and prayed, for just one Democrat somewhere to display a spine.

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That was why I had prayed to the shooting stars to let me have a new doll.

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Before beginning mass, the Pope prayed in the grotto where Gabriel is said to have told Mary she was carrying the baby Jesus.

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