Their first thought was that if Peter was not going he had probably changed his mind about letting them go.

他们的第一个想法是，如果彼得不去，他可能已经改变主意，不让他们去了。

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Personally, he was of opinion that he had nothing to fear, yet he thought it advisable to send somebody else first to see how matters stood.

他相信他自己是用不着害怕的。虽然如此，他还是觉得先派一个人去看看比较妥当。

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When he had first thought of the prize he had pondered over what to call it.

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Benoit's goal at 8:37 of the second period made it 2-0 for Ottawa and came a little more than two weeks after he thought he originally had his first on Feb. 3 in Montreal.

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He had his first iced coffee of 2009 at La Colombe in Tribeca on April 2nd (and he thought it was delicious).

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