We knew all along but didn't have the heart to tell her.

我们一直都知道，但是不忍心告诉她。

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This can lead to the mistaken belief the knowledge we found was part of what we knew all along.

这可能导致我们错误地认为，我们发现的知识是我们一直以来所知的一部分。

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But we knew all along that it wasn't really ours, so we took special care of everything.

但是，我们自始自终清楚明白这地方不是我们的，所以也特别小心处理每一样东西。

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We actually misremember what we once thought, believing that we knew all along that what happened would happen.

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