In a telephone interview, he described the communiqus as a desperate measure used occasionally by the rebels to portray the region as being in turmoil.

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A desperate honesty that throbs through his confession does not absolve him from sins of diabolical cunning. He is abnormal.

他的忏悔被绝望的虔诚悸动着,但这也不能为他那恶魔的狡诈赎罪，他是变态。

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He drinks more. So, he's getting very desperate.

他更加凶猛的酗酒，这现实他慢慢变得绝望。

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"Maybe he got desperate when he saw nobody was coming for him, and thought (the) only way to survive was to walk out" and look for help, Saunders speculated.

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He was desperate to be good people, to still be able to feel he was good.

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Expectations are higher than ever and Eriksson insisted he was desperate to win the World Cup.

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