I told her that I'd like to buy flowers for someone else, and that she could decide who she will give the flowers to.

我告诉她，我想给别人买花，她可以决定把花送给谁。

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"I expected, and think people intuitively think, that a false confession would look flimsy," like someone saying simply, "I did it," he said.

他说，“我预想，认为人们凭知觉以为，一起错误的坦白看起来很站不住脚，”就像某些人简单的说，“我做了这事，”。

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Someone might think that with a history like that I would keep my weight and smoking habits in check.

有人可能会想既然有那样一个历史，我就会好好地维持体重，控制不抽烟。

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But there is this sort of sense of uncertainty that you see in someone like Descartes, who finally just goes back to basics and says, "I think, therefore I am."

你可以在那个年代从某些人身上,看到一种怀疑的精神,比如笛卡尔,他最终逐本溯源提出"我思故我在"

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Besides, we are used to spend so much time in the office that I am convinced that one of the key criteria when hiring someone must be: would I like to work with this person?

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If I was blathering on that much before even meeting someone, what would I be like in person on a first date?

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One of the great things about the Wii U for someone like me is that I can now play many of the old Wii games on the new system if I choose.

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