Local families, desperate and aware of Lakwena's self-aggrandizing claims to supernatural power, begged her for help.

当地绝望的家庭，迷信于拉奎那自我吹嘘的超能力，向她祈求帮助。

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All that said, I don't think it's self-aggrandizing to say that obituary writing is important work.

话虽如此，但我认为说写讣告是一份重要的工作并不是在自夸。

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It argues that architects should take greater account of the tastes of ordinary people and move away from large, self-aggrandizing buildings.

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He has endured the embarrassment of watching his private, self-aggrandizing e-mails--collected by Spitzer's investigators--leak into the pages of the Wall Street Journal.

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Those who study the psyches of criminals said Dorner's aggressive and self-aggrandizing rant indicates a classic case of malignant narcissist personality disorder.

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