it was all I could do to do somethingused to say that you only just succeeded in doing something 我仅能做的也就是… It was all I could do to stop them hitting each other. 我好不容易才让他们停止了互殴。
it was all I could do to do something• I followed one up the motorway just yesterday and it was all I could do to not retch.• When pro golfer Tiger Woods won the Masters two weeks ago, it was all I could do to suppress a yawn.
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