Delegates from the warring sides held a new round of peace talks but went away empty-handed.

交战各方代表举行了新一轮的和谈，但却空手离去。

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Lord Hertford flew to Tom, but returned to the King before very long, troubled and empty-handed.

赫德福伯爵飞跑到汤姆那里，但不久就回到了国王那里，两手空空，心里很不安。

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Alive but empty-handed and Shouting.

还活着，但是空着手，咆哮着。

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But none of the so-called November Nine will leave empty-handed.

VOA: special.2010.07.26

U.S.Middle East envoy George Mitchell held six days of talks in the region last week trying to find a formula for resuming peace talks, but came up empty handed.

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"We welcomed 100, 000 people who contributed to Libya's development but returned empty-handed, " says Hagar, who now runs the Graduate School of Finance in Chad.

CNN: Chad's migrant workers pay price for Libya conflict

"It was a sea of people, " said Rathburn, who hoped to buy a Nintendo Wii game system but went home empty-handed.

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Taylor Swift was up for five awards but went home empty-handed.

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