She thought she heard a name. She couldn't make it out, though.

她以为自己听到了一个名字，但听不清楚。

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But Maggie told him that she couldn't make it.

但是麦姬告诉他，她可能去不了。

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She checked Kristen's homework and attended her class open houses whenever her dad couldn't make it because he was on duty at the firehouse.

她检查克里斯蒂的作业。每当她的爸爸因为在消防站值班而不能参加学校里召开的家长会时，她便前往参加。

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"I couldn't make sense of what it was at first, " she said.

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