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她想方设法惹我发脾气。 She tried to needle me into losing my temper.
他想方设法安慰她. He tried to find ways of mollifying her.
这样,我9岁就挑起了家庭的重担。我想方设法,干各种杂活,养家活口。 So I was a bread winner when I was nine. I did odds and sods to get things by any means.