There was, at times, a want of spirits about him which, if it did not denote indifference, spoke of something almost as unpromising.

他有时候没精打采的，如果不是表示态度冷淡的话，就说明前景有点不妙。

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Sacking him now gives the Republicans a golden opportunity to say that Mr Obama is taking petty revenge against a dedicated warrior guilty only of too much candour and a want of tact.

现在解雇他无疑给了共和党一个黄金话柄：共和党会认为奥巴马在报复一位鞠躬尽瘁，若说有罪也只因太坦白和不谨慎的军人。

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The present system is in want of a total review.

目前的系统需要全面的审查。

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But she has suggestions for students entering their final year of college who want a job when they graduate.

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All right. There a couple of things that I want to say about the key moves of Derrida.

好，我还想说一些,德里达的重要举动。

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Yeah, yeah, you know like, there is always, you know, the issue where there's a lot of students who want space

是，是，你知道，总是这样，你知道，问题在于那么多学生都需要空间，

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Elsewhere, though, he might have diagnosed a want of fizz, or, more charitably, a dearth of roles, which has sent the sharper talents into a sort of witness-protection program, or confined them to TV.

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The days when projects ground to a halt for want of a piece of kit, or when customers complained that they could no longer find spare parts for things they had bought, will one day seem quaint.

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In contrast, to numerous coups d'etat, an aid embargo, and the last two years of instability under the interim government, Preval's political campaign called Hope in Creole, inspired many poor Haitians, who want a future of change, but Michele says Preval also inspired the wealthy, who want a future of investments.

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