Here's one climbing out of the pool: First her face appeared, long and cadaverous, with a bandage-like bathing cap coming down almost to her eyes, and sharp teeth protruding from her mouth.

有一个女人从游泳池中出来了，首先是她的脸，修长,而惨白，如绷带般的泳帽从她的头部,耷拉到她的眼睛，锋利的牙齿从她的口中突出。

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To begin with, the star of the film is not Ms Howard, a pretty tomboy, made up to look slightly cadaverous, who is initially taciturn, then unconscious after being attacked by a grass-covered wolf intent on making mincemeat of her before she carries out her mission.

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At a time when the book review section looks distressingly cadaverous at 24 pages, any ad beats no ad.

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