by mistake

基本解释

In the 4th minute unfortunately a mistake by Storari re-opened the match.
第4分钟，卡拉奇的失误让比赛再次充满悬念。
It's just that I possess a gift offered by many mistake-filled years: At my age, I have a pretty good idea what and whom to trust.
只是我拥有了由许多个充满错误的岁月带给我的一份礼物：在我这个年纪，我很明白信任什么和信任谁。
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Then she asked all the children had any of them eaten it--by mistake, of course--but the children all said no and looked as if they did not like to eat cakes if they were to be accused of stealing.
最后她把所有的孩子都问了一遍，是不是有谁吃了--当然是拿错了--可是孩子们都说没有吃，而且脸上的神情仿佛是在说：要是冤枉他们偷嘴，他们就不喜欢吃蛋糕了。

Maybe I made a big mistake by likening it to an organic chemistry course-- I don't mean to turn you off.
也许将其比作有机化学课,是个错误,我不是故意想倒你们胃口的
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I would recite, whatever, the Articles of Confederation I would rise on my hind legs, quaking in my boots, and I would begin until I made a mistake, whereupon I would be castigated, berated, totally stripped of self-esteem by this monster who would that inflict the same pain on somebody else.
我会背，比如说，联邦条例,我会抬起我的后腿，它在靴子里颤抖，然后开始背，直到犯错，于是，我就会被批评严惩，自尊完全被这个怪物践踏了,他对其他人也会如此加注痛苦。
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My elbow hit the add-your-entire-Documents-folder-to-your-Pictures-file button by mistake?
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