Grasping firmly a ball of string from the garage, Glenn raced back into the house and dashed upstairs to his mother's room.

格伦紧紧抓住车库里的一团绳子，跑回屋里，冲上楼去他母亲的房间。

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The image in the Canon is of a solid wooden door: a ball of string thrown at the door won't leave a dent at all.

圣典里的比喻形象是一扇硬木门：朝那扇门扔过去一个线团，根本不会留下一点凹痕。

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These extraordinary scenes followed, as the cheetahs played with the young impala the way a domestic cat might play with a ball of string.

于是就出现了这些戏剧性的场面。猎豹与小黑斑羚嬉戏的方式非常像家猫玩弄毛线团的样子。

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He also made a home-made ball out of a bandage, string and some tape, and then got grumpy when BB made him hand it in.

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As Wiley dismissed the second appeal, Carroll, attempting to force home the loose ball, danced around a string of Forest players but was unable to get a shot on goal.

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