But what if he had taken it, bowing to some long-latent kleptomaniacal urges?

不过他心里可能一直潜伏着偷盗癖，如果这次自己屈从于这个癖好，顺手拿了叉子呢？

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He had taken it for granted that the Marchioness Manson was still in Washington, where she had gone some four weeks previously with her niece, Madame Olenska.

他一直以为曼森侯爵夫人应当还在华盛顿，大约四周前她与侄女奥兰斯卡夫人一同去了那里。

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The one in the middle held a mussel in its mouth, which it laid on the shore at the youth's feet, and when he had taken it up and opened it, there lay the gold ring in the shell.

中间那条鱼口中衔着一个贻贝，它把贻贝放在年轻人脚边的砂子上。他拾起贻贝，打开它，里面恰好躺着那个金戒指。

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He said this was because it had not taken part in the 1970s anti-colonial war.

VOA: standard.2010.04.04

When he could no longer afford it, he had taken me along with him on the strict understanding that I was to keep quiet and stay out from under his feet as much as possible.

NPR: Excerpt: The Sherwood Ring

He said it was unfortunate that it had taken such a tragic set of events for the issue to be brought back under the spotlight.

BBC: Gerry Sutcliffe

He confirmed it had taken gritting crews three hours to get from their homes and on to the roads.

BBC: Essex County Council apology over icy roads