That the lie wasn`t worth the sacrifice?

那谎言不值得作出牺牲吧？

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In Jiangyan 's opinion, the goal of composing poems wasn' t for winning an official rank, not for leaving behind his fame, but for pleasing his heart.

在江淹看来，写诗既不是为了博取功名，也不是为了留下文名，仅仅是自娱自乐，聊以慰心而已。

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But music wasn 't my dream until I discovered Elvis Presley in 1957.

但直到我在1957年发现了猫王，音乐才成为我的梦想。

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It wasn't something a young wife should see, especially a young wife who would soon be a mother herself.

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But for Milton's contemporaries in the seventeenth century, Milton's power really wasn't at all aesthetic or even religious in nature.

但在17世纪弥尔顿同时代的人看来，弥尔顿的力量却是毫无美感的，甚至本质上不是宗教上的。

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I was like, "it's a castle from 1400." I was like, "America wasn't even built by 1400."

我想说“建于1400年的城堡。那时都还没有美国呢。”

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Hoddy, who turned 100 last year, recalls, K.P. wasn t afraid to work hard.

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Jack Welch wasn t the first tough character that Kushal Pal Singh ran into.

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There was a period of time when there wasn't much emphasis put on antibiotics.

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