Could there be something in what he said?

他说的话是否有道理？

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There seems to be something fishy going on.

好像有可疑的事情发生。

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The invention must be something new.

这项发明必须是新的东西。

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So I don't necessarily think that summer reading has to be something light, has to be something mindless" Two of Mark LaFramboise's suggested books involve animals.

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So it might be something like that, a tiny little something that one would set down like a couple of elements.

所以创作的支点可能是类似这些的，很小很小的事情，作者会把它们列出来,就像一系列元素一样。

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Like everyone wants that to be something, but really it's the time that you spend on it.

人人都想拥有什么，但其实是你（在这件事上）所花费的时间

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Mr Mbeki says this makes her a racist, but there may be something in the idea.

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Though that would now be something of an exaggeration, the island does have a magical history.

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But the concrete steps to achieve that will not be something the executive branch will decide.

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