They made an emotional appeal for help.

他们情绪激动地恳求救助。

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They made an imposing adventure of it, saying, "Hist!"

他们大胆地说："嘘！”

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They made an alliance against the common enemy.

他们联合起来抵御共同敌人。

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He believed slaves could be made into good soldiers if they believed they had an interest in Confederate victory.

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we can run the engine backward and build a refrigerator, if you've got your lecture notes from last period your 8-9, well, they're labeled 8-9 lecture notes, I made an attempt to define something which was a little bit misguided.

现在我们可以把热机倒过来,制作一台制冷机，如果你们拿出上节课的笔记,也就是8-9节，好的，他们在8-9节，当时我试着,定义了一些,有些误导你们的物理量。

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And this was an amazing observation that they made.

这是个非常了不起的发现。

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For its part, the company claims they made an attempt to renew their registration but overpaid their fees.

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But on Nov. 26, 1942, they made an exception for their American cousins.

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They've made an arrest in Brussels, they've made an arrest in Germany, they've made an arrest in the Philippines.

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