But it's the game that counts.

但比赛才真正重要。

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But here it's my word that counts.

但在这里，我的话才是最重要的。

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I'm not sure that counts.

我不确定那算不算。

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And sometimes, as the old saying goes, it is the thought that counts.

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These streets do not matter, it's just the visual images with what is really going on that counts.

这些街道本身并无关紧要,重要的是这些景象展示出了,当时所真正发生过的一切

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There is typically a council of aristocrats; that is the outfit that counts.

只有典型的贵族议会,至少外表上是这样的

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It looks generic and I know it's what is inside that counts, but we know how that goes.

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For many scientists, however, it is the principle that counts, not the practical engineering.

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But for the majority of the town it's the term "Muslim" that counts, she said.

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