Paul, the son of a cotton salesman, and John, who was raised by an aunt after his father deserted the family, were playing together as early as 1955.

Paul是棉花商的儿子，John在父亲离家后由姑姑抚养长大，两人在1955年就在一起玩了。

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John seems to be in high cotton. He may well become a big shot.

约翰走红起来了，他有可能成为大人物。

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The process was discovered by John Mercer in 1850 when he noticed that cotton undergoes a general swelling and shrinking when it is treated with caustic soda solution.

该工艺是杰恩·默瑟在1850年发明的，他发现棉经过苛性钠处理后，会有膨胀和收缩现象。

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Colonists John Cotton, Richard Mather and John Eliot, who wrote the book, wanted a version of the psalms which they believed was closer to the original Hebrew than the ones they had brought with them from England.

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The three Tory candidates are local councillors John Howell, Ann Ducker and John Cotton.

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The rugs were rolled, the art was taken down from the walls, her needlepoint chairs whatever she valued, he told her her English fabrics, the china, even her family Bible: it was all to be packed up and carted to Milledgeville and thence put on the train to Savannah, where John's cotton broker had agreed to store their things in his warehouse.

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