He became almost hysterical when I told him.

我告诉他时，他几乎要发疯了。

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"Almost none of it," I told him.

“几乎没有真事儿，”我告诉他。

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As soon as I arrived in his room his eyes lit up and when I told him I wasn't sporting any underwear he almost discharged himself there and then!

我一进他的病房，他就两眼放光；当我告诉他我上下真空，他几乎当场溢液。

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Poor little Laura, my baby, to whom I had told everything about Dean, began almost to cry."Oh, we shouldn't let him go like this.What'll we do?"

可怜的小劳拉，我的宝贝，我曾经把狄恩的一切都告诉过她，这时她几乎要哭了：“噢，我们不能让他就这么走“

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