Her father shall see her, I vowed, and vowed again, if that devil is killed on his own doorstones in trying to prevent it!

他父亲一定要见到她，我一遍遍地发誓，如果那个魔鬼想阻止这个，即使让他死在他自己的门阶前也成！

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If you divide this spectrum into 10 units and you find yourself at Position 7, then there is little sense in trying to convince someone at Position 1.

如果将这个范围划分为10个区间，你发现自己处于第7位，那么试图说服处于第1位的人就没有什么意义了。

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The company was making little progress in trying to find a suitor.

该公司在寻找一家求购公司方面进展甚微。

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In trying to improve his lovely wife, he had failed to realize she had been perfect all along.

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For example, he begins by borrowing the Russian formalist distinction in trying to explain what fiction is between plot and story.

举个例子，他开篇在解释那种文体介于情节和故事之间时,借用了俄国结构主义的特点。

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in trying to do this that you can't, because you're short.

你无法当模特，因为你不够高。

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And the prime minister was caught out this week in trying to score a political point.

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But the animals are also a potential liability in trying to sell the property.

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And then manager Joe Girardi essentially gave up in trying to win the division.

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