He took the trouble to gather the materials for me.

他不辞辛劳地为我收集资料。

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The policeman took the trouble to walk me home.

警察先生不辞辛劳的陪我走回家。

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But he took the trouble to tell me one last thing.

但是他还是拼尽力气，告诉了我最后一件事。

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The trouble is, you just don't know when that explosion took place, and since there are several periods in this general area that we're talking about now, in which something big happened, some great change takes place, it turns out different people want to have their explosion at different times.

问题是,你不了解火山爆发的,确切时间以及这种爆发,在这个区域又延续了很多个时期,这些时期发生了许多重大事件和重大变化,结果就是不同人对,火山爆发的时间推测各不相同

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It was the fact that he took the trouble to study and understand their culture.

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But I am glad that someone took the trouble to chronicle an American intelligence success.

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During the election campaign the need for jobs got attention, but neither candidate took the trouble to explain how, exactly, jobs are created.

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