When they bade him good-night, he only ran away, beating the air with his stick.

当她们向他道晚安时，他只是跑开了，用鞭子在空中乱打。

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I do not fight like a man beating the air.

我斗拳，不像打空气的。

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To choose time is to save time; and an unseasonable motion is but beating the air.

选择时间就是节省时间；不合理的行动是打击空气的盲动。

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They didn't believe that Tebow, a guy whose passing mechanics have been compared to those of a Medieval trebuchet, was capable of beating them through the air.

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Bance then scored his second goal in as many games -- beating Daniel van Buyten in the air to head Florian Heller's right-wing cross past Rensing from eight yards out.

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