她想哭，但是她不能。

She wants to cry, but she cannot.

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灰姑娘在哭。她不能去参加舞会。

Cinderella is crying. She can't go to the ball.

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她不能回家哭；

She couldn't go home;

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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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