In reality the bell does not exist; it is only a fancy that people have taken into their heads!

实际上，钟并不存在；这只不过是人们脑子里的一种幻想罢了！

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"I have a strange fancy," observed the sensitive minister, "that this brook is the boundary between two worlds, and that thou canst never meet thy Pearl again."

“我有一种奇怪的幻想，”敏感的牧师说，“这条小溪是两个世界之间的分界线，你永远不会再和珠儿相会了。”

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These cars and trucks may have slick paint jobs and fancy rims, but they also have some experimental features that are a far cry from your typical hybrid or biodiesel.

尽管这些车辆可能看上去油光闪亮轮辋花哨，但它们也使用了一些最新的实验性技术，其概念也与传统的“混合动力”、“生物燃料”有所不同。

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As with other Olympics, it is hard to quantify the opportunity cost of transport schemes that would not otherwise have been built, or a fancy velodrome that will struggle to recoup its original investment.

ECONOMIST: The city is trying to pull off a mightily ambitious games

Bill Clinton, though famously reticent about his private life, still admitted that his relationship with Monica Lewinsky was "inappropriate" and that "I don't think there is a fancy way to say that I have sinned".

BBC: Today - 'Our error'

They clearly fancy a diplomatic endgame that will have the UN's chief sleuth, Hans Blix, going through the motions of inspection over at least the next six-months.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Against Us