The idea for this dictionary came from an important meeting in Britain in 1857. Twenty-two years later, Oxford University asked James Murray to be the editor of its new dictionary.

这本词典的想法来自1857年在英国的一次重要会议。22年后，牛津大学邀请詹姆斯·穆雷担任其新词典的编辑。

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I asked James to buy some bread.

我叫詹姆斯去买些面包。

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In place of George I have asked James to make a speech.

我请詹姆士代替乔治来做一次演讲。

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Sometimes they were asked to perform at the palace of the English ruler Queen Elizabeth, or later,King James the First.

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