"Where am I?" he asked himself.

“我到哪儿了？”他自问道。

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He asked himself: Why bring in a bunch of lawyers?

他问自己：为什么要带来一帮律师呢？

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Why had he not invited him to dinner then? he asked himself.

那时候他为什么不请他吃饭呢？

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But when the others finally asked his opinion, he admitted that he wanted to continue taking care of the baby himself.

VOA: special.2009.06.06

When Plato asked himself how could that be, the answer he gave is, well, it's got to be we were previous acquainted with the forms before our life in this world, and that shows that the soul must be something that existed prior to the creation of the body.

柏拉图问自己这究竟是怎么回事，他给出的答案是,我们有生命以前就,已经熟悉了这些形式，这就表明灵魂是在,身体存在之前就已经具有的了。

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He had defended himself in court for years and had asked for a presidential pardon.

VOA: standard.2010.07.09

It was a question he asked himself a few years ago, while reading about nicotine addiction.

FORBES: Puff Daddy

He asked himself these questions, logged the answers in an Excel spreadsheet, and kept a list of his own strengths and weaknesses.

FORBES: Connect

He asked himself, Would it not be better to go straight home?

NEWYORKER: Waiting