Life in a large pond is wonderful! ' 'Perhaps it is rather dull here,' thought the foolish frog.

在一个大池塘生活是美好的！也许这是相当沉闷这里，'思想愚蠢的青蛙。

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However dull work may be, it becomes bearable if it is a means of building up a reputation, whether in the world at large or only in one's own circle.

无论工作多么枯燥单调，如果它是能够使人逐渐成名的手段，无论是在世界上出名还是就在自己的圈子里出名，那么这工作就不再难以忍受了。

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It is in dull, sprawling places with good schools, of the sort ridiculed by Hollywood and detested by urban planners, that America comes together.

有点象为好来坞所取笑、为城市规划者所憎恶的那样，总是在平淡无奇、地域随意伸展而学校甚好的地方，各种族美国人走到了一起。

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Indeed why is it that anybody dull, stupid or unambitious has a Birmingham accent in ad land?

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So it is a puzzle that he could render such a compelling life story in a manner so dull.

ECONOMIST: New fiction

This is the selling point of Dead State: it is not set during the first desperate struggle to survive, but in the long, dull period when zombies have become a fact of life (or unlife).

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