The passer by was very grateful to us for directing him when he mistook his way.

这个过路人非常感激我们在他迷路时给他指了路。

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Now here is a true story reported in the news some months back. An American officer went to the home of a family whose young son had been killed by American soldiers who mistook him for an enemy.

现在讲一个几个月前新闻报导里真实的故事。一个美国军官到一个小儿子给美军误杀的家庭里。

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You're not alone, as many informed the Facebook photo sharing platform that they weren't pleased by the new language -- they mistook it as a means for their photos to be monetized in unscrupulous ways.

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In the final village we stopped in before starting our ascent, an elderly lady mistook our small convoy of white four-by-four vehicles for those of a development agency.

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Of course Waugh (who, truth to tell, likely never mistook a Bordeaux for a Burgundy in his life) might be faked- out if not flabbergasted by some of the characteristics that crop up in wine these days.

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