Back then, too many people thought it crazy.

而那时，人们大多认为这过于疯狂。

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Since it was April Fools' Day, many people thought it was a prank.

当天恰逢愚人节，很多人以为是一场恶作剧。

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Many thanks to my parents they always support my decision. though many people thought it was not a wise decision.

许多感谢对我的父母他们总支持我的决定虽然许多人认为这不是一个明智的决定。

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It was covered with writing. Many people thought it was a message from Eleanor Dare to her father, telling him the colonists fled the island after an Indian attack.

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Many people thought it was thunder, or fireworks or one of the occasional bangs from a local foundry, the biggest employer in town.

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The handsome star is almost unrecognizable in the movie. (Based on the posters, many people even thought it was Elijah Wood playing the Mad Hatter).

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Even though the sample card was half of the size of an actual Social Security card, was written in red, and had Specimen written in bold (see above), many people mistakenly thought it was their own Social Security number.

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