In the Philippines, people eat round fruits to bring good fortune, while they are noisily banging together pots and pans.

在菲律宾，人们吃圆形的水果，同时还会大声敲打锅碗瓢盆，以带来好运。

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"Then I refuse," he cried, banging the barrel in front of Hook.

“那我拒绝。”他叫道，砰地一声把木桶扔到胡克面前。

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For me, I am usually banging my secretary on the desk in the oval office of the white house.

而我，经常在白宫的椭圆形办公室的桌子上跟我的秘书大战。

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Anything that reduces the need for more such head-banging in the future will take on a strange allure.

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Felipe Massa in the other Ferrari set the race's fastest lap and he, too, might have leapfrogged Barrichello - had he not been stuck behind the newly refuelled and therefore slower Button when he needed to be banging in the fast low-fuel laps.

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The striker was banging the goals in, helping Preston to the First Division play-off final against Bolton at the Millennium Stadium.

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