在他们的道中弯曲，在他们的路上偏僻。

Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths?

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在他们的路上偏僻。

And who are devious in their ways.

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在他们回马赛的路上，他们说话不多。

On their way back to Marseille they spoke very little.

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And then on the way to the hospital they stopped by a pub to have some cider.

之后在去医院的路上,他们居然还去了一个酒吧喝了点苹果酒

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The thing is" is the pattern that we use in a sentence to stop people on their tracks.

当你想阻止某人在他们设想的路上走下去的时候，可以使用“The thing is”句型。

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And this embarrassing episode is just the beginning of a sequence of embarrassing events that will occur as the Israelites move from Egypt towards the land that's been promised to them.

这令人尴尬的一幕只是,一系列尴尬事件的开始,这些都将发生在他们从埃及到应许之地的路上。

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