That first entry was the hardest. I remember writing a short and rather largely printed statement that simply stated when he passed and how I felt.

正如万事开头难，我记得仅写几句简短的、相当大部分是印刷体的声明，简单表明它离去的时间和我的感受。

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He simply stated that his goal was to publish their third book and to make them loyal authors in the future.

他说他的目标就是能出版这些人的第三本书，然后把他们变成忠实的作者。

youdao

He simply stated: I am going to have to write you up for flipping me the bird.

他只是说：我不得不写信给你了翻转我的鸟儿。

youdao

He stated simply that a recession is when your neighbor loses his job, and a depression is when you lose yours.

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He simply stated just throwing it out there, and told me that all he could garuntee it for is one year which is the manufactures waranty.

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Even then, Goel stated that he did not feel that Rajaratnam was looking for anything (information) in return, but was simply acting as a friend.

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