She held the girl, her shoulders sparrow-thin, so unlike Norma, the life so close to the surface, like a bird you held in your cupped hands, its little bones, its tremulous life.
她抱住这个女孩，她的肩膀纤细如麻雀，一点都不同于Norman，她的生活如此贴近现实，仿佛一只在你手中颤抖的小鸟，你能感受到它小小的骨骼，它顽强的生命力。
Another temporary discount may not be what you want, but at least it is a bird in the hand.
再一次临时打折可能达不到你所希望的，但至少这是已经到手的东西。
They'll give you a whole new perspective on your Minecraft worlds as you float around free as a bird.
它们会给你一个全新的视角观赏你的世界，像鸟儿一样自由漂浮。
The code name for the new launch was Phoenix, kind of funny when you think of the metaphorical bird rising from the ashes.
新发射的代号是凤凰号，当你想到从灰烬中升起的象征意义的鸟时，你会觉得这个代号有点有趣。
"Nay," answered the bird, "I do not sing twice for nothing; you must give me something."
“不，”小鸟回答说，“如果没有报酬，我不会唱第二遍。你得给我点什么。”
Think of those fleeting moments when you look out of an aeroplane window and realise that you are flying, higher than a bird.
想想那些转瞬即逝的瞬间，当你从飞机的窗户往外看并意识到自己正飞得比鸟还高的时候。
Passing the stone again, Naomi said to the bird, "Thank you for telling me."
内奥米再次路过石头时，对这只小鸟说，“谢谢你告诉我。”
On the fifth floor, you can have an amazing bird view of the city.
在五楼，你可以鸟瞰城市的美景。
You might think a bird that could fly so fast would be safe from most types of danger.
你可能会认为，一只能飞得如此之快的鸟儿会在大多数危险前安全无恙。
"The early bird catches the worm" means that you have to do something before others in order to be successful.
“早起的鸟儿有虫吃”的意思是为了成功，你必须比别人早做一些事情。
People either drive me away or avoid me when they see me. You must be the happiest bird on the planet.
人们看到我，要么把我赶走，要么躲着我。你一定是这个星球上最幸福的鸟了。
(Pauses, her eye falling on the cage.) I should think she would have wanted a bird. But what do you suppose went with it?
停下话，眼光落在鸟笼上我想她会要一只鸟的，可是你想这只鸟会怎么样？
And you thought they were only good for watering plants, and as bird feeders, seed starters and funnels.
也许你认为它们只适合用来给植物浇水，当鸟的进料器，用来育苗或是当漏斗。
Hit the pigs' various shelters in the right place, with the right bird, and you are generously rewarded.
选用正确的小鸟，击中猪的各种各样的掩护的正确位置，那你会得到慷慨的奖励。
Long before you need to give your child "the talk" about the bird and bees, they will probably ask you many questions about where babies come from.
早在你给孩子讲解“小鸟儿”“小蜜蜂”之前，你的孩子说不定就已经开始不停问“宝宝从哪儿来的”这样的问题了。
The code name for the new launch was Phoenix (Kind of funny when you think of the metaphorical bird rising from the ashes.
这次启动仪式的代号为凤凰（想起来这个比喻中的鸟是从灰烬中诞生的可能会觉得有些好笑。
Fun bird to use if you enjoy throwing ping pong balls at a navy destroyer.
如果你喜欢往驱逐舰上扔乒乓球，你就玩小红鸟儿吧。
But unless you find a way to make your bird feeder edible, you need to master weight-loss tools, too.
不过除非连你的小鸟饲料也是可食用的。你也需要掌握减重的手段。
Simply adding bird houses or bird feeders to your garden or lawn will introduce you to a variety of birds, many of which you may never have noticed.
仅仅只要在自家花园、草坪上添设一个鸟屋或者自动喂食器就能迎来不少鸟类访客，其中很多可能你并不认识。
A public dressing down for her dowdiness and shyness (" Bird, why can't you look nice, like Connie here? "), and she would take it on the chin.
当众训斥她的邋遢和害羞(“鸟儿，为什么你不能优雅美丽些呢？就像康妮这样！”)
"If Archaeopteryx were discovered today, I don't think you would call it a bird. You would call it a feathered dinosaur," says Carrano.
“如果始祖鸟是在今天发现的，我觉得古生物学家们肯定不会说它是鸟类，其实它就是一种带羽毛的恐龙，”卡里诺说。
The only answer I can see, Jonathan, is that you are pretty well a one-in-a-million bird.
我能想到的唯一答案，乔纳森，就是你是万里挑一的好鸟儿。
If avian influenza comes along, they can have the bird that's resistant to it... you won't have a monoculture, when one disease hits it, and it wipes it out.
一旦得了禽流感，他们养的飞禽就有可能抑制住它……但如果你养的是单一的那一种，一旦发生某一种疾病，就会灭绝了。
Being able to accurately identify which birds you have in your bird houses helps to keep aggressive birds from taking over.
能够准确分辨你家鸟屋中的不同鸟类有助于防止攻击性鸟儿的破坏。
When Bat returned to bird, she had finished the nest all by herself and didn't want lazy Bat to live with her. She looked at him and said, "You are not a bird."
当蝙蝠回到鸟那边时，鸟已经自己建好了巢，她不喜欢懒惰的蝙蝠和自己住在一起。
To keep up with the latest news about bird flu, including the most important scientific developments, you can visit the Nature Reports Avian flu website and sign up for an RSS feed.
访问《自然》杂志禽流感网站并注册一个RSS文件，你就可以获得禽流感最新的新闻和最重要的研究进展。
Air travel gives you a bird 's-eye view of the world-or even less if the wing of the aircraft happens to get in your way.
航空旅行可以使你鸟瞰世界——要是机翼恰好挡住了你的视线，你就看得更少了。
The magician shows you something ordinary: a deck of cards, a bird or a man. He shows you this object.
第一个步骤是“以虚代实”：魔术师秀出一个真实的东西，一副牌、一只鸟或一个人，让你看这样东西，叫你检视它，看它的确是真的，平常的不得了。
The magician shows you something ordinary: a deck of cards, a bird or a man. He shows you this object.
第一个步骤是“以虚代实”：魔术师秀出一个真实的东西，一副牌、一只鸟或一个人，让你看这样东西，叫你检视它，看它的确是真的，平常的不得了。
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