As soon as the driver puts the car in gear and touches the gas pedal, the engine starts back up.

司机一挂上挡，踩下油门踏板，发动机就重新启动了。

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He appeared to back-pedal on that statement.

他似乎想撤回那个说词。

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History was his loathing for the perfect body he woke in if the juice dropped, his fury at the pedal-cab driver, and her refusal to look back through the contaminated rain.

过去只存在于停电之后他苏醒过来时身处的那具令他厌恶的完美躯体，存在于他面对脚踏出租车司机的那种狂怒，存在于酸雨中她那拒绝回头的背影。

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Which allows me to back pedal if you are upset, or push forward if you are less upset than I thought you would be.

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He also continued to back-pedal from his comments last Sunday about "legitimate rape", accepting that the views he expressed were "medically wrong".

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