He started the car, which hummed smoothly.

他发动了汽车，汽车平稳地发出嗡嗡声。

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I didn't say anything and he started the car.

我一言不发，司机启动了汽车。

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He started telling everybody in the bar about the horrible experience he just went through in the spooky car.

他开始对酒吧里的每个人诉说自己刚才在那辆阴森的车里所遇到的恐怖经历。

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He started the car again and went on.

他重新发动，继续前进。

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He looked at it before he started the car.

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Mr Reilly told the court he drove off at traffic lights then pulled in when he got the chance because he wanted them out, then Thomson started kicking the car.

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He started out by designing the console for a car-racing game, and then by conceiving the look of the attackers for a knockoff of Space Invaders called Space Fever.

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