Sitting down comfortably, the two men passed their time by chatting, taking a sip now and then.

两人舒服地坐了下来，边聊天边打发时间，时不时地喝上一小口。

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The guests were all in the dining room now, sitting down to their excess of appetizers.

客人们现在都坐在餐厅里，吃开了他们奢华的开胃菜。

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Mister Lee is really sitting pretty now - the other dry cleaner down the block sold out to an Oriental grocery store, which means he now has no competition for two miles around.

这条街那边的干洗商店已经卖给一家东方杂货店。这就是说，现在李先生的商店在两英里的范围内没有竞争对手。

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"When you consider the situation of Bashar al-Assad, he himself is hunted down by a tribunal, now sitting in the Hague, investigating the murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

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In this context, sitting down for talks with Iran now would represent the opposite of the United States pressing its political advantage.

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If the BBC, ITN and Sky had - like Egyptian state TV on 25 January - just ignored the furore, Mrs Brooks and Mr Cameron may, even now, have been sitting down to Sunday lunch somewhere in Oxfordshire.

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