Despite what happened in the past I want her to know I am there for her.

尽管过去发生了一些事，我仍希望她知道我支持她。

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Steel has given a figure of "20 hours" when describing her "exhausting" process in the past, "I started the book and didn't leave my desk until the first draft was finished."

斯蒂尔用20小时来描述她过去“筋疲力尽”的写作过程：“我从开始写作到第一稿完成的过程中没离开过桌子。”

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At first, thinking of my past, I wanted to refuse.

起初，因为想到我的过去，我想拒绝。

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"I think the most frequent type of attack that has been occurring in the past is people showing up with Molotov cocktails and throwing them into or at the homes of Roma in several towns of the country.

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I'm perfectly capable of understanding the past in and for itself without any contribution of my own, without, in short, any preconceptions."

我十分能够理解过去,而没有自己的贡献，简单点说就是没有任何的先入之见“

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Not with this girl, this girl is perfect. But in the past, I've had lots of problems with roommates.

和这个女孩没吵过，她太完美了。但在过去，我和室友之间存在很多问题。

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In the past I was the global head of the Oracle Practice in Infosys.

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"It's because of my chequered past I think, " said Pryce, who has a record of drink-related convictions.

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In the past I would drive down town, using the time I would have used for other customers.

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