More to the point, he had yet to settle on a subject for the personal essay accompanying the application.

说得更确切些，他还没有决定好申请时所附的个人论文的主题。

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The beginning of the poem he praised with great generosity; he even found the idea original and effective.

在开头，他对诗赞不绝口；他甚至觉得诗的主题新颖且令人印象深刻。

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He picks up this theme again in later chapters of the book.

在该书的后几章，他又重回到这个主题上。

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He's obviously been asking her about the sources of some of the images and characters and themes in Wise Blood.

他一直问奥康纳,关于《慧血》里面一些形象、,人物和主题的来源。

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Now the subject matter that he's chosen for this poem, for this so-called first poem, couldn't possibly be more appropriate.

现在他选这首诗的主题很重要，这所谓第一首诗可能不太恰当。

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Don't fail him or he will drive you out just as he drove out the Canaanites. That's a theme in Deuteronomy.

不要让他失望，否则他也会驱逐你,就如同他驱逐迦南人，这是《申命记》的一个主题。

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