人们说我妈妈是a good egg(好人)，她总是在别人需要时给予帮助。

People said my mother was a good egg. She would always help anyone in need.

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从那以后，他偶尔寄给我冗长含糊，荒诞不经的信，说我妈妈在跟踪他，收音机里在广播他的生活状况(显然没有)。

Since then, he has occasionally sent me rambling, fantastical letters alleging that my mother is following him (she isn't) and that the radio is broadcasting his life (it's not).

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“只有这个，”男孩说，“我妈妈在你的土地上有一幢小别墅——他们把我从摇篮里偷走了。”

"Nothing but this," said the boy, "my mother has a cottage on your land--they stole me from the cradle."

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Similarly, if a child is to say, "I hate your guts, Mother," it's an unusual mother, "That's wonderful.

同样,如果孩子说,"我讨厌你的肠子,妈妈",也不会有家长说,"太棒了

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Oh! I'm not supposed to do that. When mom or dad says no, it means no."

噢！我不应该那样做。
当妈妈或爸爸说‘不’的时候，就是‘不’。”

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The patient--Freud says, "You hate your mother," and the patient says, "No, I don't.

又比如，弗洛伊德说，“你憎恨你的妈妈“，然后病人答道，“我才没有。

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