She dropped the plate and it broke into pieces.

她把盘子掉在地上打碎了。

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The eggs were put on a plate and the coffee was poured into a cup.

鸡蛋被放在盘子里，咖啡被倒进杯子里。

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The utility model relates to a motive vehicle bulb socket, comprising a bulb socket cylinder, a sliding plate and a spring.

本实用新型涉及机动车新型灯泡座，它是由灯泡座筒、滑动板、弹簧组成的。

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A dance at the Mich home and a plate of Madame Mich's gumbo were pleasures not to be missed.

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But if you look through your plate, and actually especially if you kind of look off to the side, hopefully you'll be able to see the individual lines of the spectrum.

你可以看到连续的光谱,但如果你们从片子里看,特别从周边看，你们能看到。

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And then further you put some recording device, which in those days was a photographic plate, far across a room. So you take a tiny, tiny angle and you go far enough across the room.

接着放一些记录设备，那时用的是一个摄影用的感光片，取一个极小极小的角度,然后去到房间中足够远的地方。

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So were the paths between the plate and first base, and third base and home.

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It's on our plate and 20 minutes later it's gone and we have an empty dish.

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Then determine which ones should stay on the plate and which should fall off.

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