I'd never seen him like this, so sure of himself, so in command.

我从未见过他像这样，如此自信，如此得心应手。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

As soon as I walked in the restaurant, I saw him sitting by himself at a table, twirling an unlit cigarette through his fingers like a miniature baton.

一走进餐厅，我就看到他一个人坐在桌边，手里转动着一只没有点燃的香烟，好像在把玩一根小指挥棒。

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Notice what Augustine's doing: he feels like it's okay for him to get into the Psalm and put himself in the role of the speaker.

注意到奥古斯汀做的事：，他认为把自己放进《诗篇》里，把自己放在说话者的角色上是没问题的。

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Socrates seems to remain, even until the end, very much a kind of law unto himself while at the same time, again, providing Crito and others like him an example of rational and dignified obedience to the law.

苏格拉底一直到最后，似乎都保持着一种自我定义的法律,但同时，却也提供克里托及其它同类,一种理信,与庄严的服从法律范例。

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