He glanced at Lord Hertford, who gave him a sign—but he failed to understand.

他瞥了一眼赫德福勋爵，勋爵给他做了一个手势——但他没明白。

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Bob shot his first arrow with all of his strength, but he failed.

鲍勃用尽所有的力气射出第一支箭，但是他最终失败了。

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Andrew once tried to put out a brighter light in his bedroom, but he failed in the end.

安德鲁曾经试图熄灭他卧室里一盏更亮的灯，但最终还是失败了。

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But he failed.Nothing was left.

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But he failed the test and he's very disappointed.

但他最后还是没有通过，于是他挺沮丧的。

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But he failed to achieve Croatian membership in the European Union, partly because of a border dispute with neighboring Slovenia.

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But he failed to sort out Jaguar's weak product range or Land Rover's lousy factories.

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Taylor managed to play on but he failed to emerge for the second half.

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Ward now looked set to secure victory in the ninth game but he failed to hold serve.

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