I flatter myself that I have managed it rather neatly, the detective answered, proudly.

我自己认为，这件事办得总算干净利落。

I flattered myself that I had got in that important question very naturally.

我很得意，这样重要的一个问题我竟极其自然地提了出来。

'No, but I flatter myself that I've got a head screwed on my shoulders'.

“不，但我自以为我的脑袋拧在我的肩膀上”。

525--I flatter myself that your refusal is merely a natural delicacy.

说句自不量力的话 你的拒绝正符合女人家微妙的天性。

“I flatter myself I know a touch more about Hagrid's arrest than you do, Mr. Weasley, ” said Lockhart in a self-satisfied tone.

“我自信我对海格被捕的真相知道的比你稍多一些，韦斯莱先生。”洛哈特用一种自鸣得意的口气说道。

So have I for that matter, but I flatter myself that my choice of dishes was more judicious than yours.

我也一样，但我自以为我对菜肴的选择比你的更明智。

This has been my motive, my dear cousin, and I flatter myself it will not make you think less kindly of me.

这一直是我的动机， 我亲爱的表弟， 我自以为这不会让你对我不那么好。

" I would be quiet if he liked, and as to talking rationally, I flattered myself I was doing that now" .

“如果他愿意，我会安静下来，至于理性地交谈，我自以为我现在正在这样做”。

" It is your privilege to think so, and I surrender my reputation to you! I certainly don't flatter myself I gratify you" .

“这是你的荣幸， 我把我的名誉都交给你了！我当然不会自以为是， 我让你满意” 。

From the very first I took a firm and rooted dislike to him, and I flatter myself that my first judgments are usually fairly shrewd.

从一开始我就对他产生了根深蒂固的厌恶， 我自以为我的第一判断通常相当精明。

An appreciative listener is always stimulating, and I described, in a humorous manner, certain incidents of my Convalescent Home, in a way which, I flatter myself, greatly amused my hostess.

有鉴赏力的倾听者总是令人振奋， 我以幽默的方式描述了我疗养院的某些事件， 我自以为是， 这让我的女主人非常开心。

Their mutual affection will steady them; and I flatter myself they will settle so quietly, and live in so rational a manner, as may in time make their past imprudence forgotten'.

他们能够互敬互爱，自然也都会稳重起来。我相信他们俩从此会安安稳稳、规规矩矩地过日子，到时候人们也就会把他们过去的荒唐行为忘了。"

But I do not flatter myself to be the rival of those two great authors, because I draw all my wealth from my own life's recollections and not from an abundance of reading.

但我并不自以为是那两位伟大作家的竞争对手， 因为我的所有财富都来自我自己的生活回忆， 而不是来自大量的阅读。

You would say you don’t see it; at least I flatter myself I read as much in your eye (beware, by-the-bye, what you express with that organ; I am quick at interpreting its language).

你会说你没有看到它；至少我自以为我在你的眼睛里读到了同样多的东西（顺便提一下，注意你用那个器官表达的东西；我很快就能理解它的语言）。

It was true that I did not quite gather its purport, but I flattered myself that by Lawrence's reply, and perhaps a little skillful cross-examination on my part, I should soon perceive its significance.

诚然，我没有完全理解它的意思， 但我自以为通过劳伦斯的回答， 也许我稍微巧妙地盘问一下， 我很快就会明白它的意义。

" It's the best joke of the season, isn't it? I wouldn't have told you, for I set my heart on surprising you, and I flatter myself I've done it, " said Jo, when she got her breath.

“这是本季度最妙的玩笑，不是吗？我不让他们事先告诉你，因为我一心要吓你一跳，真高兴我做到了，”乔喘过一口气来说道。

Now, when any vicious simpleton excites my disgust by his paltry ribaldry, I cannot flatter myself that I am better than he: I am forced to confess that he and I are on a level.

现在，当任何恶毒的傻瓜因其微不足道的粗话而引起我的厌恶时，我不能自夸我比他好：我不得不承认他和我处于同一水平。

One — two — even three may possibly feel regret, come the end how it may, but I do not flatter myself that to them I am more than an object of kindly thought at long intervals.

一个——两个——甚至三个人可能会感到后悔， 不管结果如何， 但我不会自以为对他们来说， 我不仅仅是一个长时间被善意思考的对象。

This is the only point, I flatter myself, on which we do not agree. I had hoped that our sentiments coincided in every particular, but I must so far differ from you as to think our two youngest daughters uncommonly foolish.

“我们两个人总算只有在这一点上看法不同。我本来希望你我在任何方面的意见都能融洽一致，可是说起我们的两个小女儿，的确非常蠢；关于这一点，到目前为止，我不得不跟你抱着两样的见解。”

Morris was not in high good-humour, and his response to this speech was not particularly gallant. " I don't flatter myself we shall be much observed anywhere" . Then he turned recklessly toward the centre of the town.

莫里斯心情并不好，他对这次演讲的反应也不是特别勇敢。 “我并不自以为我们会在任何地方受到很多关注”。然后他不顾一切地转向镇中心。