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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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I used to have trouble in front of an audience. I felt uncomfortable.
我以前在观众面前有麻烦。我感到不舒服。
We're not that much smarter than we used to be, even though we have much more information - and that means the real skill now is learning how to pick out the useful information from all this noise.
尽管我们有了更多的信息,但我们并没有比过去聪明多少,这意味着现在真正的技能是学习如何从这些噪音中挑选出有用的信息。
My grandmother played the piano, and I used to toddle over there and pick out little things that sounded good to me.
我祖母会弹钢琴,我过去常常在那里蹒跚学步,挑选一些我觉得好听的小东西。
I used to think that we were forever, ever. And i used to say, " never say never."
我曾经以为我们永远,永远。我常说,“永不言弃。”
I used to lead off when I was a rookie. I've always been able to bunt.
当我还是个菜鸟的时候,我常常带队。我总是能短打。
As for death one gets used to it, even if it's only other people's death you get used to.
至于死亡,一个人会习惯它,即使你习惯的只是别人的死亡。