Hook itched to do it, but it seemed too brutal.

胡克很想这么做，但似乎太残忍了。

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He could hardly sit still and itched to have a go.

他再也坐不住了，心里跃跃欲试。

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Seeing the children playing ping-pong, he itched to have a go.

他看到孩子们打乒乓， 不觉技痒。

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In their 50 years of marriage, she had never itched for a college education, being more than content to raise a big family, run a gift shop, manage the banquet hall at a golf club, lead Girl Scout and Boy Scout troops and, as a convert to Catholicism, explore the contours of her religious faith.

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