He looked like he was trying to cry, or something but he just couldn't make any sounds, I don't think.

他看上去像他想哭，什么的，但他只是不发出任何的声响，我不认为。

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"Yes," Patty answered, trying not to cry.

“是的。”帕蒂回答着，努力不让自己哭出来。

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"It was really hard; it makes me teary to think about it," she says, trying (without success) not to cry at the memory of the weeks that followed her dismissal.

“真的很难，我一想到这事就要掉眼泪，”她说，她试过(但未成功)在刚被解雇后的那几周里不哭。

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Even with his white beard the Captain looked like a little boy trying not to cry.

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She was visibly trying not to cry, but her lips were quivering.

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He put down his controller and walked down the hall towards his parent's room, all the while trying to imagine what would make his mom cry.

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