Southern supporters were afraid that if a statehood bill for California was passed first, then northerners would refuse to pass the other parts of the compromise.

VOA: special.2009.04.02

For a first pass, let's just say for condensed systems we can go with it.

对于第一步，在凝聚体系中我们可以这样认为二者是相同的。

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So as a first pass, the Evening Star is the first star that's visible and the Morning Star is the last star that's visible at the right times of the year.

在最初,昏星是能看到的,第一颗星,而晨星,是最后一颗,当然是在每年的特定时段

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The Cardinals looked on the verge of winning their first Super Bowl title when Steelers' quarterback Ben Roethlisberger organized a drive capped by a touchdown pass to Santonio Holmes to win the game in the waning seconds.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

In fact, if that person has a 48 and the first person who had the weaker score has a 46, I could still pass the person with the 46, and fail the person with the 48.

事实上，如果这个人得了48分，而第一个人,得分低一点，是46分，我还是会让46分的人通过，而让48分的人挂科。

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The U.S.took the lead after several near misses in the first half, after striker Jozy Altidore took a pass from Clint Dempsey and held off two Spanish defenders, then slammed a shot off the hands of Spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas and into the net.

VOA: standard.2009.06.24

A typical problem that you may have done in your first pass at Newton's law, someone tells you a force of 36 Newtons is acting on a mass of whatever, 4 kilograms; what's the acceleration?

在你们第一次接触牛顿定律时,可能见过这么一道典型题目,告诉你,一个 36 牛的力,作用在一个物体上,4 千克吧,问加速度是多少

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It's a huge price to pay in a pass-no-record first semester class . And, you know who is most severe on the committee on discipline?

这个代价太大了，只为了,第一次学期通过一门无记录的课程,你们知道着纪律委员会,谁最为严厉吗？

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