As he came closer he saw a gigantic wall of raging flame before him.

当他走近时，他看到面前是一堵巨大的、熊熊燃烧的火墙。

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"Really? Would you look at that scowl!" she mused as he came closer.

“当真？你愿意看一下那张不乐的脸吗！”她若有所思说，此时，他走得更近了。

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As he came closer he could hear the driver arguing with the gatekeeper.

当他走近时，他听到车夫在和守卡人争吵。

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However, as he came closer to the face, and the face came closer to him, it disappeared at the moment their lips might have touched.

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This was theoretically possible, except that by now Mr Stassen had lost most of the appeal he might have had as a champion of Republican ideas, and he never came closer to the presidency than he had in 1948.

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Beckford might have finished off United for good as he shot narrowly wide and Robert Snodgrass came even closer shortly afterwards when his free-kick rattled against the woodwork with Kuszczak beaten.

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