So I asked him: "If you had to make a rough calculation, right now, and no one's going to hold you to it, how much water do you think we have on earth?"

因此我问道；“如果你现在有个粗略的计算，没有人让您为其负责。那么你认为地球上有多少水呢？”

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He pretty much pleaded for regulation to make him do the right thing.

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Deception came easy to Mendez, but he says a strong moral fiber helped him do the right thing, and to make the transition back to civilian life.

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Titania wanted to kiss him and hold him, of course, but it occurred to her that there were other things she could do right then instead: shrink him down enough to carry him around in her mouth, or make him a hump on her back, or chain him to her, foot to foot.

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