It was not a manorial home in the ordinary sense, with fields, and pastures, and a grumbling farmer, out of whom the owner had to squeeze an income for himself and his family by hook or by crook.

它不是一座普通意义上的庄园，没有田地，没有牧场，也没有让庄园主为了自己和家庭的日常开销而从他们身上把油水挤出来的牢骚满腹的农工。

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But the thing is that I really don't want St.Marks books to close, and by hook or by crook (since it obviously won't happen by book), I want it to be saved.

但我真的不愿看到圣马克关门，不管用什么方法(显然用书是没用的)，都希望它能被保存下来。

youdao

But the thing is that I really don't want St. Marks books to close, and by hook or by crook (since it obviously won't happen by book), I want it to be saved.

但我真的不愿看到圣马克关门，不管用什么方法(显然用书是没用的)，都希望它能被保存下来。

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You name it, they have run a railway up it, by hook or by crook, by rack or by pinion and by Albula and St Moritz.

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