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I like actors - I used to be one.
我喜欢演员——我曾经是演员。
I used to work at a puppy nursery.
我以前在一家小狗托儿所工作。
The future ain't what it used to be.
未来不再是过去的样子了。
I want to be all used up when I die.
我想在死的时候把所有的精力都用完。
I have become that mother I used to dread.
我变成了我曾经害怕的母亲。
I used to love ninja movies. That was my thing.
我以前很喜欢看忍者电影。那是我的专长。
I used to be afraid of looking at the audience.
我曾经害怕看观众。
Things ain't what they used to be and never were.
事情已今非昔比。
The schools ain't what they used to be and never was.
学校已经不是以前的样子了，从来都不是。
There are no managers like there used to be managers.
没有像过去那样的经理。
I used to be more of a wild kid. But I've slowed down.
我以前更像个野孩子。但我已经慢下来了。
There was a time when country never used to do videos.
有一段时间，国家从来没有做过视频。
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Many South African tribes used extracts from the African bush willow to heal the sick.
许多南非部落使用非洲灌木柳树的提取物来治病。
We used to get published a lot. And there was this vodka advertisement... it embarrassed me a lot afterwards.
我们以前经常被刊登。还有一个伏特加的广告……事后我很尴尬。
If you get it out into the urban field it's going to be used or misused but it'll also probably provide a way of people acknowledging what the aesthetic is about because people have to confront it every day.
如果你把它带到城市领域，它会被使用或误用，但它也可能提供一种方式，让人们认识到美学是什么，因为人们每天都要面对它。
People are always asking me why they don't make Westerns like they used to.
人们总是问我为什么不像以前那样拍西部片。
It used to be you did TV or you did film. Now it's like a media blitz.
过去你要么做电视要么做电影。现在就像媒体的闪电战。
Now, we used to say we put on our tights to put on the world. So I don't think it tarnishes the image at all.
现在，我们常说，我们穿上紧身衣，穿上世界。所以我不认为它玷污了图像。