This is a shock task. It'll be no good to be short of hands.

这是一项突击任务，人少了不济事。

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Some of these signs can be considered "short-hands" in that they represent dipthongs.

有些可以表示双元音的符号看作是一种缩写。

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She caught up her knitting, which had dropped out of her hands, gave me a sharp look through her specs, and said, in her short way, 'Finish the chapter, and don't be impertinent, miss'.

她把刚才从手中掉落的编织活计拿起，透过眼镜片狠狠瞪我一眼，用她一贯简洁的口吻说：“把这章读完，不得无礼，小姐。'”

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My guess is this person works in PR, marketing or retail it would explain the short, back-of-box style blurbs they seem to be able to get their hands on.

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When located, the grave was found to be too short for the corpse, leaving the head tilted forward, and the unusual position of the hands suggested the body may still have had its hands tied.

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For a player to hold "average cards"--for the short-term fluctuations of randomness to even out completely--the universe of hands must be greater than most players see in several years.

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