We can never promise to sail anywhere in particular, because the weather might militate against it.

天有不测风云，所以我们永远都不会保证具体航行到哪个地方。

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Stars never promise brightness to the nights, only attempts to twinkle.

星星从不向夜晚许诺光明，却努力闪烁。

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He made Robinson promise that he would never show his anger on the baseball field.

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The British Government will never promise to pay you 10% more each year because they can't do it.

英国政府永远都不会承诺给你们,每年支付你们高于10%的利息,因为他们根本就做不到

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The covenant also entails God's promise to restore the rhythm of life and nature and never again to destroy the earth.

诺亚之约，使上帝必须信守自己的诺言,重新恢复人类和自然的秩序，永远不能再毁坏。

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That was never the promise -- never the promise.

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That was never the promise.

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When I got back in bed, I made myself promise never to think of the letters again.

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