I never thought that the young would be hanging out on the ground, growing and gaining strength as its parents guarded it from above.

我从来没有想过，幼崽会在地上游荡，在父母的保护下成长壮大。

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I never thought that he himself would come.

我从来没有想到他会亲自来。

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I never thought that to be a particularly intuitive approach.

我从来不认为这是一个足够直观的方法。

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"I never thought I'd be one of those parents that got that phone call, but I was.

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I think film mostly through the entertaining value and I know there is more to its essence I've never taking film class, so I hope the films might be interesting for us to discuss some philosophical concepts Never thought about like that.

我主要看到的是电影的娱乐价值,我也知道电影还有很多其他价值,我从没上过电影课,我希望这门课会很有趣,可以讨论一些哲学概念,我从没思考过这类问题。

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and I kind of want to go somewhere that's just out of the blue that I never even thought of,

我想去意想不到的地方，自己根本没想过的，

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For that matter, I never thought that much about how deep defensive mechanisms could enhance combat.

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In my wildest dreams I never thought that this would happen to us, because we are a family that embodies coexistence and tolerance.

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" He repeated that question Wednesday, telling colleagues, "I never thought that I would be reliving the need to ask that question again.

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