Poor little thin, sallow, ugly Mary—she actually looked almost pretty for a moment.

可怜的、瘦小的、灰黄的、丑陋的玛丽——有那么一会儿她看上去几乎是漂亮的。

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She's begun to be downright pretty since she's filled out and lost her ugly little sour look.

自从她胖起来，没有了她那丑陋的沮丧的样子后，她开始变得非常漂亮。

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An ugly woman serves as a foil to a pretty girl.

一个丑女人可以将美丽的姑娘反衬得更加漂亮。

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Retail and Core Retail Sales were pretty ugly with postings of -2.0% and -1.2%, respectively.

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Still, with arch-rival Intel looming over it like a corporate Death Star, AMD has posted some pretty ugly numbers over recent years.

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