Pepper started asking itself a series of self-directed questions and concluded that the user might be mistaken.

佩珀开始问自己一系列自主的问题，并得出结论：用户可能搞错了。

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Indonesian officials have started beefing that their country needs to be self-sufficient.

印尼的官员开始推崇养牛，说他们国家应该自给自足。

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The relationship started as a marriage of self-interest.

这场关系刚开始是出于自身利益的联姻。

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So it started as self-defense, but I think some operators, they realized very quickly that with piracy you can earn much more money than you can as a descent fisherman.

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Angela, 65, from Gloucestershire, started to self-harm when she was a little girl, which she says began because of her poor relationship with her father.

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Don't get him started on self-help books.

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The self-confessed nerds started playing standards.

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