I had a flick through the catalogue while I was waiting.

我等待时浏览了目录。

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A smoke bomb created a diversion while the robbery took place.

劫案发生时，一枚烟雾弹转移了人们的视线。

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It always takes the class a while to settle down at the start of the lesson.

那个班一上课总得过一会儿才能安静下来。

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Buddy Holly was killed in the crash of a small plane while on a singing tour in the Midwest.

VOA: special.2009.04.06

So one of the things that we've done for a while now is, we have this thing called Director Day.

所以我们一直在做的是，设立董事日。

斯坦福公开课 - 戴尔CEO-Michael.Dell谈创业和发展课程节选

So the Hyksos theory is one that got people very excited for a while, but is really not well supported.

因此希克索斯理论能让人兴奋一阵子，但是并没有得到很好的证实。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Then at the gym at the Greater Manchester police training school, the journalists were confined to a pen, while the PM was fitted to a microphone while his words were piped back to us via headphones.

BBC: Labouring on the road

And that's a problem--the temptation to hook up a hot name with most any product under the sun, while profitable in the short run, only leads to a dilution of the athlete's brand name after a while, experts say.

FORBES: Magazine Article

The company sees a loss for the quarter of 10-14 cents a share, while the Street had been expecting a loss of just 2 cents a share.

FORBES: Rubicon Technology Tumbles On Soft Q4, Weak Q1 Outlook