My database of books not being a private thing, I skipped that step.

我的书籍数据库并不是私人物品，因此我忽略了这步。

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Newman was certainly devious, prepared to say one thing in print and something quite different in private.

纽曼确实狡诈，随时都能当众说一套，私下说一套。

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That was the great thing about Facebook—you could create your own little private network.

这是 Facebook 的一大优点，你可以创建自己的小型私人网络。

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And like private schools like, that's the main thing like, I have a religion class,

像在私立学校呢，那是主要的事情，我就有宗教课，

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Writing songs, Deschanel says, is a private thing for her.

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After all, while what is said will be broadcast to the world, the actual act of writing a tweet or making a YouTube video can be a very solitary, private thing.

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But fishing is a private kind of thing that doesn't generate the excitement other sports do.

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