As things stood then, his whole plan had to be cast to the winds.

当时情况就是那样，他的计划只好付诸东流。

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All good things must come to an end and on the last day of school, Dale showed up as a soldier and stood next to a sign saying "It's been fun waving at the bus. Have a great summer."

天下没有不散的宴席，在上学日的最后一天，戴尔装扮成一名士兵出现了，站在一个牌子旁边，牌子上写着：“向公共汽车招手很有趣，祝你夏天快乐。”

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Against whom when the accusers stood up, they brought none accusation of such things as I supposed.

告他的人站着告他。所告的，并没有我所逆料的那等恶事。

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Things cannot be as bad as they seem." He stood over the body of his wife in the disappearing light.

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As things stood, they could increase their own power by arguing that it made more sense to reinvest earnings than pay them to shareholders.

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He said the email contact had been "too close" but said as things stood, he did not believe Mr Hunt had broken the code.

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As things stood going into the final day, Brewerton was ranked in fifth position, but England's Rebecca Hudson and Swedish pair Annika Sorenstam and Linda Wessberg were still in the hunt.

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