I tried to plead with her.

我试图恳求她。

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Her mother, while Pearl was yet an infant, grew acquainted with a certain peculiar look, that warned her when it would be Labour thrown away to insist, persuade, or plead.

还在珠儿是婴儿的时候，她母亲就渐渐熟悉了她的一种特别的神情，那是在告诉母亲，此时对她的一切强制、劝说或请求都将无济于事。

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However, if the agencies wanted to plead innocence, this was not the ideal time for S&P to part company with its president, Kathleen Corbet, so that she could “spend more time with her family”.

无论如何，信评公司要想证明自己的清白。 但对于标准普尔来说现在不是个时候让它们的总裁凯瑟琳·科贝特辞职，而使她可以"更多的陪伴家人"。

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This month, Dillard University's president, Marvalene Hughes, wrote her Louisiana senator to plead with Congress not to cut subsidies to private student lenders.

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