The argument seemed to have considerable merit.

The sea was far from calm.

海面上依然波浪滔天.

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The scorching sun is in the sky . The weather is extraordinarily hot.

烈日当空, 天气异常炎热.

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It's best to avoid going out in the strong midday sun.

最好避免在正午烈日当空时外出.

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Devil has never been seen by a young happy, innocent person like you.

像你这么年轻快乐, 天真活泼的人,永远看不到鬼.

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The little girl is innocent and lively.

这个小女孩非常天真活泼.

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Why does a 1 ively school child so often become a defeated school failure?

为什么天真活泼的学童如此经常地成为学校失败教育的产物?

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Bertha watched the two men go, and turned very white.

伯莎望着这两个男人走了, 脸色转为惨白.

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Her face flashed scarlet, and then pale than before.

她的脸立刻胀得通红, 接着又变得比以前更加惨白.

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The emptiness in my mind refused to beat a retreat.

我脑中依然一片惨白.

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Not wanting to frighten her further, I spoke to her from a distance.

我不想让她受到惊吓,所以从远处跟她搭话.

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I caught sight of her hurrying away but i didn't try to speak to her.

我见她匆忙走过,但我并未想与她搭话.

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He takes every conversation so seriously that others don't like to talk to him.

他说话总喜欢较真儿,别人都不爱和他搭话.

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She spoke to them briefly though it was hard to hear or be heard.

她同她们搭讪了几句,尽管谁都听不清谁在讲些什么.

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Some people are always coming up to perfect strangers and asking them what they do.

有些人总爱和完全不认识的人搭讪，询问人家的职业。

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Xinhua News Agency report of July 25 th from Manchester-The 17 th Commonwealth Games opened here today.

新华社曼彻斯特7月25日电第十七届英联邦运动会今天在这里揭幕.

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Ireland, though also located in the British Isles, is not part of the United Kingdom.

爱尔兰, 虽然也是位于不列颠群岛, 但它不属于英联邦共和国.

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The Common Wealth Ministers'Conference comes round next month.

英联邦部长会议下个月召开.

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Johnson set up a new Commonwealth Games in the 10000 meters.

约翰逊创英联邦运动会万米赛跑新纪录.

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We led the commonwealth in practice as well as in theory.

我们不仅在理论上,而且在实际上领导着英联邦.

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Come next to the Commonwealth.

再就是英联邦.

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