Then she presented her books to the librarian, who placed them on the counter with a sign of explanation. Tears rolled down the woman's cheeks.

接着，她将她的书展示给管理员。管理员为书附上解说文字，将它们摆放在柜台上。泪水顺着这位女士的脸颊滚落下来。

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A sign of strong character, when once the resolution has been taken, to shut the ear even to the best counter-arguments. Occasionally, therefore, a will to stupidity.

性格坚强的一个迹象是，一旦下了决心，即使对最有说服力的反对意见也充耳不闻。因而有时也就是一意孤行地要做蠢事。

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Please fill out this form, and sign it; then return this form to the person at counter number 4.

请填好这张单子，签上名；然后交给4号柜台的工作人员。

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When it said recently it expected the UK economy to shrink slightly in the first quarter of 2012, I did wonder whether the downbeat prediction would turn out to be a counter-indicator - a sign that we had definitely avoided a double dip.

BBC: Britain's zig-zag economy

His administration's decision to deport Hamas deserter and Israeli counter-terror operative Mosab Hassan Yousef to the Palestinian Authority where he will be killed is the latest sign of their support for radical Islam.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Hamas rises in the West