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It takes me an hour to walk there and back.

我步行往返要花一个小时。

It's an uphill battle but I think we're going to win.

虽然这是一场艰苦的斗争，但我相信我们会取得胜利。

"Kathleen" was, as its 1892 subtitle asserted, "An Irish Drama".

正如1892年剧本的副标题所强调的，《凯瑟琳》是一部“爱尔兰戏剧”。

Good luck is when an opportunity comes along and you're prepared for it.

好运就是当机会来临时，你早已做好了准备。

It remained an exceptionally rare book until it was reprinted in 1918.

在1918年再版之前，这本书一直非常罕见。

150 is an outside estimate.

估计最多不超过150。

There's not an awful lot of room.

没有很多的空间。

He then held the man in an armlock until police arrived.

然后他反扭住那名男子的手臂让他动弹不得，直到警察赶到。

Are they an item?

他们在恋爱吗？

The prisoners attempted an escape, but failed.

囚犯企图逃跑，但失败了。

This evidence meshes with earlier reports of an organized riot.

这一证据和先前关于一次有组织暴乱的报告相吻合。

Beauty is an attitude. It has nothing to do with age.

美是一种态度，与年龄无关。

The public have an insatiable appetite for scandal.

公众对丑事总是喜闻乐道。

The action is an open violation of the Vienna Convention.

该行为公然违背了《维也纳公约》。

By the end of May nearly 100 of an estimated 2 000 political prisoners had been freed.

至五月底，估计2000名政治犯中有近100人已经获释。

She had given the assignment an A.

她给这份作业打了个优。

They had been turned to stone by an enchantment.

他们被魔法变成了石头。

An attempt by anti-abortionists to tighten the rules was defeated.

反堕胎者所作的加强法规的尝试失败了。

There is an inclination to treat geography as a less important subject.

有一种趋向认为地理是一门次要的学科。

It's not a good idea to drink on an empty stomach.

空腹不宜喝酒。

There is often an inverse relationship between the power of the tool and how easy it is to use.

工具的功能越强大，操作起来往往越费事。

He will now face a disciplinary hearing for having an affair.

他因有外遇而要面临纪律听证会的裁决。

He was jailed for five years as an alleged British spy.

他被指控为英国间谍，入狱关押了5年。

He lived on an invalidity pension which came as a weekly giro.

他靠每周领取的作为病残养老金的直接转账救济支票过日子。

Sloping walls on the bulk of the building create an optical illusion.

大楼主体的斜墙给人造成一种视错觉。

He actually became convinced that the nurses had an unanswerable case.

他实际上已经相信了护士们的情况确实如此。

Just before an attack everything would go quiet but we knew it was just the lull before the storm.

就在攻击开始前一切都变得沉寂，我们知道这只是风暴前的平静。

There seems to be an insatiable demand for more powerful computers.

人们对于加强计算机功能的要求似乎永无止境。

He once told an interviewer that he didn't even like rock music.

他曾告诉一位采访者，他甚至都不喜欢摇滚乐。

The shallow sea bed yields up an abundance of food.

浅海床提供了丰富的食物。