It's not going anywhere, he had told himself after checking to make sure the car was solidly in place, then crawled underneath.

经过检查确定车已经稳稳地放好了之后，他想不会有问题，车跑不了，于是就爬到汽车的下面。

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He was beside himself with rage when I told him what I had done.

我告诉他我做了什么事，他就勃然大怒。

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Though he told me that he did not want to be "judge and jury," he had positioned himself as a singular authority.

虽然他告诉我说，他不想成为“法官和陪审团”，他将自己定位为一个单独的权威。

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