I made an effort to get my supervisor to transfer me to another department, but he urged me not to complain too loudly.

我努力让我的上司把我调到另一个部门，但他劝我不要抱怨得太大声。

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Not that I made an effort to approach him.

不，我作出努力来对待他。

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Emotion, curiosity, awe overmastered me suddenly. I made an effort... and looked at my neighbour.

感情，好奇和敬畏忽然征服了我。我用力…注视我的邻居。

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But I've made an effort to streamline them down to their essences.

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"The jury got it exactly right here: Mr. Bonds made an effort to obstruct justice, but I also find he didn't succeed, " she said, since prosecutors eventually convicted the dealers they were investigating.

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"Because he was here, I made a special effort to attend, " says Norman Pratt, an engineer who came to the New Jersey fund-raiser where Kennedy shared the spotlight with Levin.

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