There was a gleam of hope for a peaceful settlement.

和平解决曾有一线希望。

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There was a gleam of legs, and instantly the lagoon seemed deserted.

许多腿一闪，礁湖立刻显得空无一人。

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Maybe there was still a gleam of hope.

也许还会有一丝希望。

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Today, the Cape York project is a gleam in the eye of a private Australian developer.

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He also wrote about software agents that go out into the network and come back with any information you want. (Sound a little like a search engine?) Bear and Benford also created fictional global networks long before the World Wide Web was a gleam in the eye of its creator Tim Berners Lee.

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There was no sign of habitation, apart from a dim gleam in the glass fanlight above the front door.

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