Don't laugh, I'll bring samples next date.

不要笑，我下次带些样品过来。

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Or perhaps, you could be trying to explain that you don't know whether you can do something or not by a certain date.

又或者，你正在试图解释你没法确定你是否能在一个指定日期前做完某件事。

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But you shouldn't take the date that I give you, the traditional date, as being firm.

但是我所提供给你的日期历史久远,并不能当做确切的时间加以使用

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"She told me as long as I don't date the dollies it was okay, " recalls Desmond.

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"I would say, 'I don't date girls, ' and hoped he might simply have a clue, but (he) never seemed to allow for the fact I could be gay, " Kaplan said.

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But anything with huge platforms or vertiginous heels will date your look quicker than shoulder pads which, actually, probably wouldn't date your look at all, given that there's something of an architectural undercurrent in fashion right now, but you get my drift.

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