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He snaps at me more often

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Is it money worries?

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I overheard him saying that …

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I don’t know how you resisted the temptation

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Khong bình thường

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She hasn’t been herself

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Jesus is walking alongside you at all times

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Sequester

Sống ẩn dật

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Căn nhả đổ nát

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Dilapidated house

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Transcendent truth = ultimate truth

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Giving the invitation a duck = né trả lời

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That’s a question befits a journalist than a clergyman

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I might even describe her as neurotic

Hơi bị thần kinh

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Cơ duyên nào mà anh tới đây?

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How did you come to be here?

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Khong muốn ở lâu

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He didn’t want to prolong his stay

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Life is doing my head in

= annoying

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I needed sorting out

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I may not put it quite like that

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He decided to call in on his friend

Drop by the house

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I become even more annoyed that they seemed to have got to me

Họ làm cho toi cảm thấy khó chịu

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There is a smugness to it

Có cái gì như kiêu căng trong ấy

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False teeth

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Gnashers

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14
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To return to the subject in hand

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You need to look after yourself. I don’t want you taking in too much

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Unpretentious goodness

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The house was cordoned off

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I didn’t think it would come to this

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What else could it have been?

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17
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Có cơ hội gặp hắn bao giờ chưa?

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Did you ever get round to meeting him?

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18
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Do the police have any clues as to who might have done such a thing?

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This is common in adolescence

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Đó là giác quan của phụ nữ

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It’s my feminine intuition

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Nơi bình yên

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Tranquil place

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21
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Đi một lần lả quá đủ rồi

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I went to church once too often

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Có mọi thứ cần thiết

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We do have everything to hand

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Chuyện hiếm nghe thấy

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That’s not a story I often heard told

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24
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Slow acting poison

How easy would that be to detect

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She tracked me down and told me

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25
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Chỉ nói khi có việc cần nói

khong thích nhau

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Not if we can help it

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Chúng toi khong làm gì bậy

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There’s nothing improper, if that’s what you are worried about

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Nhưng đó là trách nhiệm của anh ta

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But that’s a matter for him

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28
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You have a reputation to keep up

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Cần phải giữ mặt mũi

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Khong nên để người khác có lý do để đàm tiếu

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You don’t want to give anyone cause

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Phải giữ Tư cách hoàn hảo

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Must be beyond reproach

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31
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Cảm thấy có lỗi à?

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Guilty conscience ?

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32
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Tried to concentrate on the matter in hand

Tập trung vào vấn đề trước mắt

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Đững quan tâm

Never you mind

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33
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Tự hào về tài nấu nướng

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Prided herself in her home cooking

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34
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Chặt đầu

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Decapitation

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35
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Ngoài khả năng của..

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…is going a bit for a… don’t you think?

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36
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I don’t think he practices what he preaches

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He is keen on you

Để ỹ thích

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37
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I hope you have found this video to be helpful

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Those with dementia were often unable to communicate their pain

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38
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Anh đâu có khi nào nói vậy

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You never said anything of the sort

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You should be ashamed of yourself for saying such things

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He found himself right in the middle of it all

Bị dính líu vào chuyện này

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40
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..which seems pretty likely given that…

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They are equally divided on the issue

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41
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It’s a split vote

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Extenuating circumstances

- truờng hợp có thể tha thứ đuoc

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42
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Let’s not get ahead of ourselves

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How new a boyfriend is he?

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43
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Perhaps you’d better keep it that way

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Don’t get me started on that

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44
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We have to be on our best behaviour when…

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That would not have been the case if she had looked after it properly

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45
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It’s something of a family heirloom , I gather

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You don’t need to spare me the details

Không cần phải giấu toi

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46
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We might as well put her to some use

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It’s all got out of hand. I’ve just about had enough

47
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If she could remember about the immediate aftermath of the accident

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Whyever not?

48
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I am afraid that you have to take it on trust that I’m acting in the best interests of everyone

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The money will be put to good use

49
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You could look upon it as an opportunity to spend more time with your…

Coi đó như là cơ hội để…

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I’m in no mood for planning…

Khong có hứng thú để…

50
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What are you implying?

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That must be something of a challenge for you

51
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Có thể nói là giữ giùm

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You could have said you held it for safekeeping

52
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It’s nothing that need concern you

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I think you can guess the answer to that by now

53
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Held the garment out for inspection

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It has great sentimental value

54
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There’s no need to be in such a mood

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Telephone in a fury to ask..

Trong cơn giận

55
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Anything you can do to alleviate the situation is better than nothing

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I have assumed that to be the case

56
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But what if that history clouds the present

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I don’t think it’s helpful for anyone in a marriage to dwell on what has gone before

( a break up)

57
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He’s a very inquisitive person

Người thích tìm hiểu,

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I’m sorry, mr. …, I really must be getting on

58
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We all bring different skills to the table

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That would be good of you

59
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You’ve done them proud

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I need a bit of a lie down

60
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I don’t seek it out

Toi không có ý kiếm rắc rối

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Felt in need of a chat about recent events

61
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She’s beyond caring what other people think

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They are short-staffed

62
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I can’t see her being much trouble as long as everyone stays well away

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She lacks for nothing

63
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I’d like to find out before anything dramatic happens

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It’d be a bit of a first for us

64
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We mustn’t judge by appearances

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A mental breakdown. I’d better not go into details

65
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That is astute of you

Nhạy bén, ranh ma

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That’s never a good start to a marriage

66
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It was monogrammed

Có ký hiệu trên đồ vật

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That makes things all the more strange

67
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I’m not at liberty to say

Toi khong nói ra được

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It would have been better if he had told me everything from the start

68
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It’s too late for that kind of thinking

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I couldn’t bear it if I found out you were keeping things from me too

69
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Who knows what they got up to

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Don’t get in a state about all of this

  • don’t get upset , nervous
70
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There were sweat stains under his armpits

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All his worldly concerns has simplify to…

71
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That would be a breach of confidentiality

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The least of your concerns

Khong quan trọng

72
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There are mitigating circumstances

Trường hợp có thể Thông cảm được

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We must all account for our actions

73
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It was not to be

Chuyen đã khong xảy ra như mong muốn

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It’s a dificult act to pull off

Chuyện thật khó làm

74
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Do you think it’s an idle threat?

Lời hăm dọa vô hại

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You’re having me on

Nói đùa ( telling a not true story)

75
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I’m sorry. That’s just a slip of the tongue

Lỡ lời

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You have to be circumspect in that area

Cẩn trọng trong vấn đề đó

76
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Forced to convalesce

Nghỉ để hồi phục sức khỏe

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Fetch glasses , would you?

Lấy ly dùm

77
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Anything we want to know has to be dragged out. They don’t want to talk

Phải hỏi gặng lắm họ mới trả lời

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They want your information but they don’t want to give up any of theirs

78
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This had better be important

Chuyện chị sắp nói chắc là quan trọng

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Ive had a hell of a night

Đã trải qua 1 đêm khong yên

79
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He picked up his cigar and took a long pull from it

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Gave me a sideways look to see if I was kidding him

80
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He flicked it across to me with a practised gesture of a card player

Giống như người Chổi bài nhuần nhuyễn

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It’s going to make her hellish hard to find. Too many trails to follow

Quá nhiều khả năng

81
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Never let me get a word in edgewise

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I’m trying to be patient with you but I’m at the end of my rope

82
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There hasn’t been much of an improvement

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I believe we have a matter to discuss

83
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She looked stoical

Nhìn có vẻ lạnh lùng, kiên nhẫn

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Tối quá khong thấy gì hết

The visibility was poor and we had to watch our footing

84
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I jerked my chin at him

Hất cằm ra hiệu

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To show the beginning of the cheeks of her buttocks

85
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Socks pulled up calf-high

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This is looking like such a one

Chuyện này có vẻ giống chuyện kia

86
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School conjures up so many memories for me

Gợi lên

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In which they have a vested interest

Có lợi về mặt tài chính

87
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Fear eternal damnation

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She wasn’t abreast of the the social changes

Behind the changes

88
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Has sought solace in opium

Giải sầu bằng thuốc

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it induced in him a sense of euphoria

Tình trạng Hưng phấn

89
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She is suffering from neurosis

Bệnh thần kinh

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Found themselves too frequently on a short fuse with each other

90
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Đừng hiểu lầm tôi

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Please don’t take this the wrong way

91
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Suddenly, I was blinded by lights

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I squinted, trying to get my bearings

Cố định thần lại

92
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We were hoping you might shine a light on that

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I was hoping to find you risen

Thức dậy rồi

93
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That astounded me

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It was a lot harder than we thought it would be

94
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When you become more adept at ….

Khi trở nên Thông thạo hơn…

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Sedentary lifestyle

Ngồi nhiều

95
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There’s a tackiness about it

Loè loẹt quá

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I hope they’re not paying me a lip service

Họ chỉ nói cho có

96
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I thought every hand is on deck this morning

Mọi người đều tới giúp

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IVe put my neck on the line for….

97
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But sensed that it would be straying into even more dangerous waters

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Your compassion is just overwhelming me

sarcastic

98
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She has increasingly got the feeling that she is nothing but an encumbrance

(Gánh nặng, sự phiền toái)

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If you wouldn’t mind excusing me

99
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And wouldn’t that be the best, in the circumstances?

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Why spring it on me like this?

Đặt vào tình huống bất ngờ như vầy

100
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That’s not my doing

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Well I neither want nor need your help

101
Q

He made everything else in the room unsubstantial

Mọi vật trong phòng trở nên khong quan trọng

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We have five minutes until closing time so I advise you to place your order quickly

102
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There seems to be a misconception about….

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I suppose it doesn’t sound too bad

103
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His proposal was nothing but a whim

Chỉ là ý nghĩ nhất thời

A

The implication being that ….

Có ý nói là..,.

104
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Speculative smile

Cười đầy ẩn ý

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She seemed to disapprove of me

  • She doesn’t like me very much
105
Q

That’s a given

Đó là chuyện thường tình

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Look at her so assessingly

Nhìn đầy vẻ dò xét

106
Q

So is this how it is going to be from now on?

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To make him listen in a way that he refuses to do with me

107
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Nothing I have said or done since has softened his stance towards me

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Please. Let’s not drag this out anymore than we need to

108
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We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused and we thank you for your understanding.

A

…. has been a year of reckoning for….

Năm đền tội

109
Q

This would tally in the thousands of dollars

Số tiền có thể lên đến cả mấy ngàn đô

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…while tackling any obstacle that comes your way

110
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People has come to grip with the damage

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What an asinine response

Trả lời ngu như lừa

111
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It was the first time that I had seen him enraged

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Lần đầu thấy hắn nổi khùng như vậy

112
Q

A pugnacious man- người hay gây gỗ

He is venal - dễ mua chuoc

A

Heavy jowls _ xương hàm bạnh ra

He is sadistic - thích những trò tàn bạo

113
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It feels like a lifetime ago when we were together last

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