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Because not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling stone

是因为他们不凭着信心求，只凭着行为求，他们正跌在那绊脚石上。

When the Kwangsi expeditionary force struck out for Shanghai in 1937, dressed in gray homespun uniforms, it was not a sharp-looking army, but its equipment and men were good.

当广西远征部队1937年在上海出击的时候，他们着灰粗布制服，这不是外表光鲜好看的军队，但是装备精良、人员训练有素的军队。

So while not a perfect solution it is certainly more than acceptable and does make the Pies and Sausage Rolls from the Meat Guy taste like they were made at the local bakery in some small Victorian town…which is good enough for me.

因此，虽然不是一个完美的解决方案，这当然是可以接受的多，而且使馅饼和香肠罗尔斯从肉类盖伊味道，他们均在当地面包店一些小维多利亚镇。。。这是对我来说不够好。

She could not, however,"he thought,"help feeling esteem and consideration for me, if sheonly knew that I am the veritable author of the dissertation onMarcos Obregon de la Ronde, which M. Francois de Neufchateau put,as though it were his own, at the head of his edition of Gil Blas.

他心里想道：&她一定不能不敬重我，假使她知道弗朗沙·德·纳夫夏多先生出版的《吉尔·布拉斯》前面那篇关于马可·奥白尔贡·德·拉龙达的论文是冒用的，而真正的作者却是我！&

If you were hoping to take a vacation, it seems not to be possible, for your boss will need all hands on deck.

如果你曾希望放个假，那似乎是不可能了，因为你的上司需要所有人都拼命地工作。

It is not possible to say exactly when the older uses were forsaken for that of Byzantium.

是不可能准确说出时，老年人被遗弃的用途为，即拜占庭。

Playing with a dreidel is a big part of the Hanukkah celebration for Jewish children, since it commemorates a period where Jews were not allowed to study Torah by the Romans.

犹太人的小孩在光明节庆典中其中一个重大项目是玩光明节陀螺，由於它纪念了当时罗马人不准犹太人学习教律的那段日子。

Playing with a dreidel is a big part of the Hanukkah celebration for Jewish children, since it commemorates a period where Jews were not allowed to study Torah by the Romans.

犹太人的小孩在光明节庆典中其中一个重大项目是玩光明节陀螺，由于它纪念了当时罗马人不准犹太人学习教律的那段日子。

The realistic painting in the Western country is one of the most splendid chapters in the history of fine arts . At the end of 19thcentury it faced the challenge of photography and modern Western arts, but both proved not to be the "killer". Instead the social context focusing on the economic efficiency and the onesided mainstream ideology dominating the contemporary Western arts were the real barrier for its development.

写实主义绘画，尤其是西方写实主义绘画，曾经是人类美术史上最为辉煌的篇章之一。19世纪末之后，它受到摄影术、现代艺术的挑战，然而，它们不是写实主义绘画的&克星&；以经济效率为核心的社会环境与片面的西方艺术&主流意识&，才是写实主义绘画发展的真正阻碍。

After observation for a period of time, Lady Chen realized finally that the hill myna was mechanically imitating the promises her husband made to his lover during his phoned conversation when Chen was not home. It is unexpected that walls have ears. Some key words were learned and mechanically imitated by the well-trained hill myna. When she adduced this evidence to the testimonies, her husband was surprised very much.

经过一段时间的观察，陈女士终于回过神来：这一定是她不在家时，丈夫与情人通电话时作出的&承诺&——不料隔墙有耳，一些关键词句被这只训练有素的鹩哥依葫芦画瓢地搬了出来，当陈女士将这些证词向丈夫提出来时，丈夫惊讶万分。

According to the clear water experiment, aeration performance of the new equipment is good with high total oxygen transfer coefficient and oxygen utilization ratio.

曝气设备的动力效率在叶轮转速为120rpm～150rpm时取得最大值，此时氧利用率和充氧能力也具有较高值。

The environmental stability of that world - including its crushing pressures and icy darkness - means that some of its most famous inhabitants have survived for eons as evolutionary throwbacks, their bodies undergoing little change.

稳定的海底环境─包括能把人压扁的压力和冰冷的黑暗─意谓海底某些最知名的栖居生物已以演化返祖的样态活了万世，形体几无变化。