Yet years pass by before they really face such reality.

然而，他们真的面对这样的现实的时候，已经很多年过去了。

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I watched my master's face pass from amiability to sternness; he hoped I was not beginning to idle.

我看着老师的脸色从和蔼变得严肃；他希望我不是开始放松学业了。

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The key is to pass the test, face the test for what it is, recognize that this is your training for life and the necessary requirement for a great marriage.

通过考验的关键就在于，面对这场考验，认识到这是对你人生的培训，是幸福婚姻的必要条件。

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Mr. Obama said in his State of the Union address last month that schools whose outcomes don't pass muster would face squeezed access to federal loans.

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In contrast, Arsenal's flagging form was epitomised when the disappointing Denilson played team-mate Laurent Koscielny into trouble with a weak pass across the face of his team's penalty area.

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What's at stake, what's being said that's at stake really does not pass the straight-face test.

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