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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We asked audience member James Edwards how watching a movie about the environment can affect people.

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In the eighteen-twenties, when someone asked James Madison where it was, he had no idea.

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Kosinski asked James in the sit-down interview whether she knew while she was writing it that women would respond.

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When we've asked James to think about words which have good and less palatable tastes to him, we see many parts of the brain lighting up, including areas associated with taste, emotional processing and mental imagery, he says.

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