He showed up at Zeng's home the next day with a blackboard, a ruler and a box of chalks.

第二天，他带着一块黑板、一把尺子和一盒粉笔来到曾的家里。

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He measured his feet with a ruler and then wrote down his size on a piece of paper.

他用尺子量了自己的脚，然后把尺寸写在一张纸上。

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He thwacked the desk with a ruler.

他用尺子重敲桌子。

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Mister Stoker is thought to have based his evil Count Dracula character on a ruler who lived in fifteenth century Romania.

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But there's extra, again, insult to injury, when the person's got to remember that he used to be something extraordinary, a ruler.

但当这人不得不记着，他曾经位高权重，是统治者的时候,这又一次，是在伤口上撒盐。

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Again, if you just thought about life as a ruler, well pretty good thinking about it in isolation.

再一次，如果你只考虑了统治者的生活，非常好地单独考虑。

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They are nice, if unspectacular, attributes for a ruler or a high priest to aspire to.

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After the roller-coaster ride through Judges, ancient Israel rejected God and sought a ruler.

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To say a ruler is legitimate is to say that he has a recognised right to rule.

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