He served up a delicious meal.

他端上一顿可口的饭菜。

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The band struck up a waltz.

乐队奏起一支华尔兹舞曲。

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The gang tied up a security guard.

那群歹徒把一名保安人员捆绑起来。

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(Music) Animal Collective is a music group made up of four friends who met in Baltimore,Maryland.

VOA: special.2009.12.11

(JACK BENNY PROGRAM) "This is a stick-up." "Mister,put down that gun."

VOA: special.2009.10.11

(OMITTED) But Ayala's family - who owned a department store-stayed and he grew up in the shadow of the Spanish dictatorship.

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

Across all subjects, those where students performed exceptionally well included chemistry (up two percentage points to 34% gaining grade A), French (up three percentage points to 34% at grade A), German (up one percentage points to 34% at grade A) and economics (up 6 percentage points to 33% at grade A).

BBC: Rise in top grade A-level exams

Result: Today in the U.S. 150 million cell users (up fivefold since 1995) talk an average of eight hours a month (up fourfold) while paying a dime a minute (down by a factor of four).

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We tallied the average costs of some key elements of a first date: alcohol (specifically, a 1.5 liter bottle of Livingston Cellars, Gallo Chablis or Chenin Blanc wine), food (a 11- to 12-inch pizza from Pizza Hut), entertainment (an evening movie ticket), grooming (a barbershop visit), suiting up (a dry-cleaning bill) and transportation (price per gallon of gasoline).

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