He was trying to ravel out the complicated series of events that had led to this situation.

他那时正试图把导致这一局面的一系列复杂事件理出个头绪来。

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Can ravel out what's in my head.

定能解开我头脑中的疑团。

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The difficulty will soon ravel out.

困难很快就会得以解决。

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"Usually, it's a note here or there or a missing dynamic indication, which will be weeded out by conductors, musicians, librarians or musicologists, " says Mr. Orenstein, a Ravel scholar of 45 years and the author of "A Ravel Reader" (1990).

WSJ: Ravel| Mother Goose| New York Philharmonic| Arbie Orenstein