My parents said that I would never walk it, which I vehemently denied, but which was probably true.

他们说（是因为）我不可能自己出外遛狗，父母这样说我当然坚决不同意了，但是他们所说的多多少少还真有点那么会事。

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Maybe with his family, even though they've always denied it, probably for money put up by a racist.

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It probably explains why a report of a deadly shoot-out amongst the pirates onboard the MV Faina was denied by the vessel's hijackers.

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