Her hand lays in her lap holding a book.

她的手放在大腿上，拿着一本书。

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On one of the last days of the second week, Marius was seated on his bench, as usual, holding in his hand an open book, of which he had not turned a page for the last two hours.

在第二个星期最后几天中的一天，马吕斯照常坐在他的板凳上，手里拿着一本书，打开已经两个钟头了，却一页还没有翻过。他忽然吃了一惊。

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She is holding a book in her hand.

她手里拿着一本书。

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Mladic gestured, briefly, toward the public gallery, offering a sarcastic slow hand clap, and holding up a book he had with him - apparently a history of the Bosnian Serrb Army that he once commanded so notoriously.

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