Saddened by this thought, he neglected to water the rose, and just before it was ready to bloom… it died.

这么想着，他非常难过，开始疏于给花儿浇水，很快就在它即将盛开时……枯萎了。

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Saddened by this thought, he neglected to water the rose, and just before it was ready to bloom, it died.

这么一想，他伤心起来，就忘了给玫瑰浇水。于是，玫瑰就在即将开花之时死了。

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This tendency in his thought is deepened by his suspicion of all Utopian political programmes.

他思想中这种倾向因他对所有乌托邦政治计划的猜疑而加深。

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He thought that this was evidence that the bottom of the ocean had been lifted up by powerful geological forces over long periods of time.

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This is not a wasteland of thought by any means, and the Russian formalists are an important part of what's going on.

俄国并不是一座思想的废都，形式主义者是思想界很重要的一个部分。

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Well,sometimes in response to this thought,people respond by saying, Look,death isn't bad for the person who's dead.

有时候人们对这个想法的反应是，死亡不是对死者不好。

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And having consolidated the industry, the biggest banks are further emboldened by this thought: where else are you going to go?

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For anyone tempted by the thought that this means the good times will continue to roll, the record was set in February 2000.

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And a traveler cannot but be struck on his journey by the thought that this country, one day, can be even greater.

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