Sad to relate, my dear children, he did hit the Cricket, straight on its head.

说来遗憾，我亲爱的孩子们，他确实打中了那只蟋蟀，正好打在它的头上。

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A nurse patted me on the shoulder and said, "You have a good cry, dear."

一个护士拍着我的肩膀，说道：“亲爱的，你就痛痛快快地哭吧。”

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I swear on all I hold dear that I had nothing to do with this.

我拿我所在乎的一切发誓我与这件事情无关。

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And look out the window,dear, at the last ivy leaf on the wall.

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So Milton will continually be saying in his prose tracts, "Oh! I just had an idea. Dear reader, before I go on, perhaps I should say something about myself. I need to explain something to you about where I'm coming from. You wonder who I am to tell you this?

所以弥尔顿会在他的散文中不停地说，“哦！我有一个主意，亲爱的读者，在我继续下去之前,也许我应该介绍下自己，我需要向你们,解释一下我从哪里来，你们会想我是谁呀？

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Not bad considering that any long term shareholders who hung on for dear life are still way underwater on their purchases from years ago.

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This is not a resignation letter - I intend to hang on for dear life.

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It's a precious part of a neighborhood that's holding on for dear life to respectability and continuity.

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