There are 2.54 centimetres to an inch.

一英寸等于2.54厘米。

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I want about an inch off the back of my hair.

我想把脑后的头发剪短约一英寸。

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The bullet had passed less than an inch from Andrea's heart.

子弹从距安德烈亚心脏不到一英寸处穿过。

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"What we were able to find was that within a centimeter, around less than an inch,certainly, and probably half an inch, there were different regions perhaps they overlap some but they were doing, at different times, different processes, all within this small area,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.28

Kimball starts it out on the countertop, bringing the mixture nearly an inch from the top.

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We will not have an inch of difference between ourselves and our ally, Israel.

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As the ball came within an inch of falling, "My heart nearly stopped, " Scott said.

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