A snake was twisting around his arm.

一条蛇缠绕在他的手臂上。

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I haven't the faintest idea how to care for a snake.

我对于怎样养一条蛇没有一点儿主意。

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She paints a snake with spots.

她画了一只有斑点的蛇。

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Rene Czudek at the FAO says a baboon frightened by a snake sandwich will probably not come back.

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He went around passing out rumors that his mother had actually been impregnated by the god Apollo, when he appeared as a snake in her bed.

他散布谣言说,阿波罗神化身为蛇，与他的母亲结合。

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The two biggest fears of children in urban Chicago are that snakes and spiders, even though many of these children have probably never seen a snake outside of a zoo in their lives.

芝加哥市区孩子最害怕的两样是,蛇和蜘蛛，甚至这些孩子,从未在动物园以外的地方见过蛇。

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That's always going to be because folks once again, a snake-bitten gun-shy from the last time.

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When I was a child, every county fair, and every carnival had a snake oil salesman.

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There Walter meets Phyllis Nirdlinger, a housewife with the survival instincts of a snake.

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