He turned his country house into a place where professionals and amateurs collaborated in the making of music.

他把他的乡间小屋变成了业内外人士合作制作音乐的场所。

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Unfortunately, despite 2 1/2 years in the making, "The Heart of the Matter" never gets to the heart of the matter: the illiberal nature of liberal education at our leading colleges and universities.

不幸的是，尽管花了两年半的时间研究，“核心问题”报告从来没有深入到问题的核心：我们一流的学院和大学自由教育狭隘的本质。

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This model was two years in the making.

这种型号是用两年时间制成的。

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He was right. The trial of Andrew Johnson was an important turning point in the making of the American nation.

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I'll just tell you that Tennyson thought cellar door the two most beautiful words in the English language were "cellar door" and that audible beauty was his preoccupation in the making of poetry.

我想说的是，塔尼森认为,英语中最动人的两个词是“,这是他对于追求诗歌听觉效果的执念。

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They're actively engaged in the material, actually seeing the phenomena, by making measurements of real world experiments.

学生们能自主地参与到物质中，看见真切的现象，通过对真实世界实验,做出测量。

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But were there signs of an attack in the making that police should have seen?

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An animal was definitely harmed in the making of this film as were lots of people.

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Cue lots of excited talk that a new tech IPO boom may be in the making.

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