The brakes on my bike failed half way down the hill.

我骑自行车下山到中途刹车失灵了。

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Teachers must put the brakes on, as it were, when they notice students looking puzzled.

当老师发现学生神色茫然时，就应该在一定程度上放慢速度。

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The brakes on this car are shot.

这辆车上的刹车完全失灵了。

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Toyota says it found a software problem that could briefly affect the "feel" of the anti-lock brakes on rough or slippery roads.

VOA: special.2010.02.05

"Ben approached a financial system on the verge of collapse with calm and wisdom, with bold action and out-of-the-box thinking that has helped put the brakes on our economic freefall."

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with bold action and outside-the-box thinking that has helped put the brakes on our economic free fall,"

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For now, the weakened real-estate market has put the brakes on eminent-domain takings by developers.

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She explained Thursday she put the brakes on -- prompting her child's panic -- because she was fumbling for the headlights in the darkness, and because she hesitated, wondering if the family was going to make it out or whether she and Gulick should turn around.

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Kadian had been to the repair shop to have the brakes checked on the self-assembled bike hours before the crash.

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