Sheila admitted that she did sometimes exaggerate the demands of her job.

Having a tidy desk can seem impossible if you have a busy, demanding job.

如果工作忙、难度大，要想保持桌面整洁似乎不太可能。

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While she was eating, the old woman combed her hair with a golden comb, and her hair curled and shone with a lovely golden color around that sweet little face, which was so round and so like a rose.

当她正在吃的时候，老太婆就用一把金梳子替她梳头发。她的头发髦成了长串的、美丽的黄圈圈，在她和善的小面孔上悬下来，像盛开的玫瑰花。？？

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Meanwhile, Indian President Pranab Mukherjee's son, Abhijit, was sharply criticized Thursday for saying the protesters were not students but "dented and painted" women who wear heavy makeup and think it is fashionable to protest.

与此同时，印度总统普拉纳布·慕克吉的儿子阿比吉特的一番讲话星期四激起众怒。他说，抗议者不是学生，而是“脸上有坑被涂抹”的女人，她们浓妆艳抹，把抗议当时髦。

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The xclusion zone in those days ranged from smart clubs, manual work, the Church of England and the armed forces.

那时的禁区有时髦俱乐部、体力劳动、英国国教和军队。

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erinaceous adj. of, pertaining to, or resembling a hedgehog Although she won ’ t know what it means, never, ever tell your date Erin that she is “ looking quite erinaceous this evening. ”

形容词，猬的，似猬的，多髦毛的尽管她不会知道是什么意思，但永永远远都不要告诉你的女朋友Erin“她今晚打扮的像个刺猬一样。”

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New Zealand consists of two islands, the North and the South, and nine distinct growing regions.

她由南岛和北岛两个年夜岛组成，年夜天色上可以划分为九父髦植区。

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She looked very chic in her new hat.

她戴着新帽子看起来很时时髦。

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By 254 the emperor Cao Fang and supporters of the Cao family were threatening Sima Shi. Sima Shi, however, struck first, deposed Cao Fang, and set his cousin Cao Mao on the thro-neinstead.

公元254年，魏帝曹芳及其支持者危及了司马师的地位，司马师先发制人，废曹芳，立其侄曹髦为帝。

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Sima Zhong had been appointed Heir Apparent in 267, and in 272 he married the Lady Jia Nanfeng, daughter of the minister Jia Chong, an old supporter of the Sima family and had played a leading role in the fighting against Cao Mao in 260.

惠帝于公元267年被封为太子，272年与贾充之女贾南风成婚。贾充曾帮助司马家族在争夺王位时打败曹髦。

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My father hates modern fashtion-i don't think he'll ever get switch on.

我父亲不喜欢现代化时兴式样&我想他不会赶时节髦的。

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We bought a three-bed ex council house in anice street, but I couldn't help comparing it with friends'houses.

我们也在一个不错的街区里买了有三间睡房的过度自治会的房子。

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Similarly, mbaza could be either "chest" or "council house."

与此类似，mbaza可以是“胸膛”，也可以是“廉租房”。

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Abandoned by his previous owner and rescued from a boarded-up council house by a charity, he had not had the easiest start to life.

比利的命运并不幸运，曾遭前任主人抛弃。后被慈善组织从一间木制廉租房中救出。

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He's ailed ever since he went up to the Council house.

他自从搬进市建住宅后就病了。

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Called CH2 ( for Council House Two), this new office building for the city government was built using almost every imaginable design feature and technology that could save energy, recycle water and improve the working environment.

这座名为市府2号楼（Council House Two）的新建筑是市政府的办公楼，它几乎使用了所有可以想象得到的设计特色和技术，以节约能源，循环用水，改善工作环境。

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For three years, there's been a running fight between the Tory and Labour members of the Housing Committee about raising council house rents.

3年来，住房供给委员会的保守党成员和工党成员就提高社团房租事宜互相进行了追击战。

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Green-related Features of Melbourne's Council House 2

墨尔本市政府2号办公楼的绿色特征

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Although the royalty cheques arerolling in, Boyle has no plans to move out of the council house in Blackburn, West Lothian, where she lives alone with her cat, Pebbles.

尽管专辑销售的版税收入源源不断，但苏珊并不打算搬离现在的住所，现在她和宠物猫佩柏丝居住在西洛锡安郡布莱克本市的一处政府统建房。

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She and her children, now aged nine and seven, are living in a three bedroom council house and she is returning to college to get her GCSEs with ambitions of becoming a healthcare worker.

她和9岁的儿子、7岁的女儿目前居住在三室型的简易住宅之中，而她也雄心勃勃地回归校园，考取普通中等教育证书，期待今后能成为保健工作者。

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He has also designed a similar structure-called Council House Two-which has become one of Melbourne's most energy efficient buildings, using the sun and the wind for heat and cooling.

他还设计了一个类似的建筑，并把它称作“统建房二号”。这个利用太阳和风取暖和降温的建筑成为墨尔本最节能的建筑之一。

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