The secret self of the American consumer.

他称之为美国消费者的秘密自我。

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Embedded within the explicit plot of the simile is a secret, a kind of buried narrative, and it's a hidden story that illustrates Satan's self-destruction.

深藏在这个比喻精巧的情节布局里的，是一个秘密，一个被深埋已久的故事，一个隐藏着的，阐述了撒旦自我毁灭的故事。

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How many of us harbor secret fantasies of such self-assurance that we would never dare avow in public!

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Whilst I believe that principle from the bottom of my heart, I have to admit I still harboured for many years a secret disdain for awards (and the self-congratulatory hubris that surrounds them).

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