The class monitor tried to make up for the mess by reorganizing the class event as students were not interested in the original one.

班长试图通过重新组织活动来弥补混乱，因为学生们对原来的活动不感兴趣。

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He felt he had to make up his mind for either one thing or another.

他觉得他必须下定决心做点什么事。

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After helping set up the outside clothing display (陈列), for the rest of the day, I'd watch to make sure no one stole anything.

完成外场的衣橱陈列摆放后的一整天，我都在看着以防有人偷东西。

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They may have worked all their lives, but for one reason or another, many Americans have ended up in old age struggling to make ends meet.

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The image here that comes to mind for me is one of these deposed kings who ends up waiting on tables to make a living in New York.

我此刻想到的一幅景象,便是一位被废黜的国王,沦落到要在纽约靠当侍应生谋生的结局。

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