Personally, I'd take some time to give yourself the satisfaction of knowing you've (or soon will) succeeded...

就个人而言，我想让你有成就感，或者说知道你很快会成功的。

youdao

Several months later, my roommate spoke with Norton about faith and knowing God personally.

几个月后，我的室友和Norton谈到信仰以及个人认识上帝的见证。

youdao

I don't mean if we know them personally, but if we don't know them personally, is there any way we can discover that they've ascended, or do we just have to be satisfied with not knowing?

我的意思不是说要知道他们具体的是哪一个人，但是如果我们不知道他们是哪一个人，那我们用什么方式才能知道他们已经扬升了，还是我们要对[不知道]感到满意？

youdao

Of knowing the chef personally.

BBC: News | NEWSNIGHT | Jonathan Franzen interview transcript

During the same interview with the Mexican newspaper, "La Jornada, " he admitted to knowing the Venezuelan president personally.

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