My foot slipped from under me, knocking the other out of the way, but I recovered and said to myself that it's a slip and not a fall.

我一只脚滑了一跤，另一只脚也因而站不稳了。但晃过神来时，我就告诫自己：这只不过是滑了一跤，并不是摔倒爬不起来了。

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She had a lot of makeup on and not a hair out of place.

她浓妆艳抹，衣冠楚楚。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Education should be a universal right and not a privilege.

教育应当是全民的权利而非某部分人特别享有的。

《牛津词典》

The experts say individual progress and not a set time period should always guide a decision to return to play.

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In other words, you are an end and not a means to me unless in fact I'm exploiting you and instrumentalizing you. Right?

换言之，对我来说，你不是手段，而是目的,除非我在剥削你，或把你工具化，是吧？

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It's interesting that Milton certainly begins this headnote with suggesting directly to us that it's Milton speaking and not a fictional uncouth swain.

弥尔顿在开头就清楚明了的告诉我们,在吟诵诗歌的人是他，而不是某个粗鄙的年轻人,这非常有意思。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Both prove that it is a market of stocks and not a stock market.

FORBES: Dell and Clearwire, Two of a Kind, With Inside Takeovers at Half What They Are Worth

We are a ground and not a stadium, and no one here wants that to change.

BBC: MCC prepares for stadium rivalry

His private life is his and not a subject of discussion at Kenneth Starr's kangaroo court.

CNN: Starr v. Clinton: More Of Your Letters