He simply asked for a drink of water, too embarrassed to ask for food.

他只是要了点水，要吃的太让他难堪了。

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He said she had no opportunity to even ask a question because he simply asked her how she had got the number, told her never to call it again and put the phone down.

他说他甚至没有给她机会提问，因为他仅仅是问她如何得到这个号码的，并且告诉他不要再打过来，然后就挂断了。

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It may seem odd, but Solomon did not ask for riches or honor; he didn't ask for victory over his enemies or for the expansion of his kingdom. He simply asked for wisdom to rule his people.

出乎意料之外，所罗门既没有求富贵荣华，也没有求战胜仇敌或扩张国土，他只是求赐智慧，来治理他的子民。

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Doctor Ramahi told me that in London he'd simply asked for charitable funds from Essam Yusuf.

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Instead, he asked them simply to gather data on their own infection rates.

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As with the guys at Oracle he simply did not think it was worth the money being asked: let alone the amount that HP actually paid for it.

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