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Oh!'' said i, 'I shall not forestall jane; I left her dancing with mr. george otway; she will love to tell you all about it herself to-morrow: her first partner was mr. elton, I do not know who will ask her next, perhaps mr. william cox.'' my dear sir, you are too obliging.- is there nobody you would not rather?- I am not helpless. sir, you are most kind. upon my word, jane on one arm, and me on the other!- stop, stop, let us stand a little back, mrs. elton is going; dear mrs. elton, how elegant she looks!- beautiful lace!- now we all follow in her train. quite the queen of the evening!- well, here we are at the passage. two steps, jane, take care of the two steps. oh! no, there is but one. well, I was persuaded there were two.

我告诉她，'在简没亲口告诉你之前我不会说的，我离开时她在陪乔治，奥特威先生跳舞，明天她愿意亲口给你讲述的，首先请她跳舞的是埃尔顿先生*我无法预知第二支舞她陪谁来跳，可能是威廉，考克斯先生吧，亲爱的先生，你真好，你应该去搀扶其他人，我自己还能走，先生，你太好了，说实在话，一边搀扶简，一边搀扶我，等一等，等一等，让我们靠后一些，让埃尔顿太太过去，亲爱的埃尔顿太太，看起来是多么温文尔雅呀--美丽的花边，如今，大家都在她后边，真是今晚的主角。

If you're looking for residential rentals, would you rather live in central London or in a quieter outlying neighbourhood ?

如果你要找的住宅租金您想要住在伦敦市中心的一个僻静的外围或附近。

We would lower the prices rather than overstock commodities.

我们宁肯降低价格，也不愿积压大量的货物。

This second "misuse", however is one that it would be rather pedantic to protest at nowadays.

原译：然而，这第二种"误用"是一种现今提出异议就可能相当学究气的误用。

Why does she a pen-name?When the first "Harry Potter" novel was published, the publisher asked her to use initials rather than her first name. This was because boys would be biased against a book written by a woman.

第一部哈里波特小说出版时，发行商建议她用缩写的大写字母代替她的名字，因为考虑到小男孩看见作家是女作家时，可能会有些歧视。

If it was down to him, rather than his doctors, Massa would make his return in this season's penultimate race – at his home grand prix in Brazil, at Interlagos, not far from where he lives.

如果是由他自己，而不是他的医生来决定，他会让自己的复出定在这个赛季的倒数第二站的比赛—在他的家乡，英特拉各斯举行的巴西大奖赛，就在他住的地方附近。

This Observation convinc'd me, That I had nothing to do but to observe the Ebbing and the Flowing of the Tide, and I might very easily bring my Boat about the Island again: But when I began to think of putting it in Practice, I had such a Terror upon my Spirits at the Remembrance of the Danger I had been in, that I could not think of it again with any Patience; but on the contrary, I took up another Resolution which was more safe, though more laborious; and this was, That I would build, or rather make me another Periagua or Canoe; and so have one for one Side of the Island, and one for the other.

这次观察使我确信，只要注意潮水的涨落，我可以很容易把小船弄到我住地所在的那一边。但当我想把自己的主意付诸实施的时候，又想到了上次所经历的危险，不由心惊肉跳，连想也不敢想了。于是，我作了一个新的决定，那就是再造一条独木舟。这样，我在岛的这边有一只，岛的那边也有一只。这样做虽然比较费力，但却比较安全。

This observation convinced me that I had nothing to do but to observe the ebbing and the flowing of the tide, and I might very easily bring my boat about the island again; but when I began to think of putting it in practice, I had such a terror upon my spirits at the remembrance of the danger I had been in, that I could not think of it again with any patience; but on the contrary, I took up another resolution which was more safe, though more laborious; and this was, that I would build, or rather make me another periagua or canoe; and so have one for one side of the island, and one for the other.

这次观察使我确信，只要观察潮水的涨落，就会很容易把小船弄到岛的我这边。当我开始想付诸实施的时候，但又回想起上次经历的危险，不由得心惊肉跳，再也不愿这样想了。但与此相反，我做出了另一个新的虽然比较费力、但却比较安全的决定，那就是：再建造一条独木舟。这样，岛这边我有一只，岛那边也有一只。

Preliminary studies indicate that under conditions of rather perfect crystal boundaries and periodic reversal of the direction in rotation, capping would be more effective if the solution bas a higher degree of supersaturation.

另一方面比较详细地研究了晶体在培养器中的取向对ADP晶面生长速率和晶体生长习性的影响，初步确定了维持晶体匀称生长较好的空间取向。

And so of friends in a proportion This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge, keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal, and do well Public revenges are for the most part fortunate; as that for the death of Caesar; for the death of Pertinax; for the death of Henry the Third of France; and many more But in private revenges, it is not so Nay rather, vindictive persons live the life of witches; who, as they are mischievous, so end they infortunate

将此例推及朋友，亦有此问。毋庸置疑，念念不忘复仇者只会使自己的创伤新鲜如初，而那创伤本来是可以愈合的。报公仇多半会为复仇者带来幸运，如为消撒大帝之死而复仇，为佩尔蒂纳之死而复仇，以及为法王亨利三世之死而复仇等等。但报私仇却不会有这般幸运；与此相反，欲报私仇者过的是巫师一般的生活，他们活着时于人有害，死去则可叹可悲。

But we don't care about Battlegrounds.

但我们并不在乎沙场中的显露。

Ah! don't mention it, the butcher's shop is a horror.

啊！不用提了。提到肉，真是糟透了。