Even today when Will thinks that he won't be able to do something, he will look back to this experience and keep telling himself, "one brick at a time".

即使在今天，当威尔认为自己做不到一件事时，他会回顾这段经历，并不断告诉自己：“一次添一块砖”。

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Milton tells the Muse — or is he telling himself?

弥尔顿告诉缪斯或者是告诉自己？

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He could not stop telling himself how wonderful that oyster soup would taste.

他不停的告诉自己牡蛎汤的味道有多么棒。

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Ford himself put an end to his chances by telling the nation that it was "perfectly safe with Coolidge."

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Milton tells the muse -- or is he telling himself?

弥尔顿告诉缪斯或者是告诉自己？

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She took him willy-nilly to her." He's telling a story about himself, seemingly, but who is the "I," then, that's left over? "I feel her yet."

她犹疑不决地把他拉向自己，他在讲关于自己的故事，似乎是这样，但谁是“我“呢，“我感觉到了她“，又是什么“

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For years, Greg Duval piled on pounds while telling himself "I just needed to go for a run" to take off extra weight, he says.

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Then he'll go home and nod with satisfaction at his own little armory, telling himself that when the time comes for him to become the hero of his own action movie, he'll be ready.

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Mr Blair said that he had tried to picture himself telling Parliament that he was giving up Britain's nuclear deterrent.

ECONOMIST: The decision to renew Trident was a foregone conclusion