我告诉他时，他几乎要发疯了。

He became almost hysterical when I told him.

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他几乎要流泪了。

He was near tears.

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斯坦凡的喉咙紧了，他几乎要跑回去赶走那只乌鸦，但是他想，它和狐狸一样有权利吃掉那只兔子，就像和他一样有这样的权利一样，还是算了吧。

Stefan's throat tightened, and he almost strode back to chase the bird away. Still, it had

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Poor little Laura, my baby, to whom I had told everything about Dean, began almost to cry."Oh, we shouldn't let him go like this.What'll we do?"

可怜的小劳拉，我的宝贝，我曾经把狄恩的一切都告诉过她，这时她几乎要哭了：“噢，我们不能让他就这么走“

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