It took all his self-control not to shout at them.

他强压怒火，没有冲他们叫嚷。

《牛津词典》

His death took me a year to get over; not that you're ever really over it.

我用了一年的时间才从他的去世中恢复过来；不过永远也不可能真正恢复过来。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

He took a good scolding about clodding Sid, and did not seem to mind it in the least.

为了他用土块砸希德的事，他被狠狠地骂了一顿，但他似乎一点也不介意。

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Professor Robinson says it is not clear when the first marriage between a black person and a white person took place.

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And,when I once took the train over to Poitiers,it took three hours, because if you go across the lines it's not good.

由此我坐火车去普瓦捷,会花三个小时,因为穿过省界的话是很不合适的

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It's not as though he took the brain out and literally moved that hunk of tissue over here.

并不是说他真的把脑子取出来,把一团脑组织移过来。

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It not only took into account defeating Iraq's military forces, it took into account the aftermath.

NPR: 'Battle for Peace' in Iraq Echoes Vietnam

The authors said they were not sure why it took the mutant mice three weeks to react to their stressful experiences by drinking more.

BBC: Genes may drive stressed-out drinkers

Although the novel received positive reviews, sales of the book were not impressive and it took Kerouac a further six years before he was to get his next book printed.

BBC: Kerouac's 'lost' book published