Even so, many proud Shanghainese use the lan-guage as a secret code to signal that they belong to the in crowd-and often to ensure fair deals in local shops.

但即使如此，很多上海人仍然以说方言为荣，他们把自己的语言做为一种证明身份的密码来认清彼此，很多时候，在小商店里使用上海话会得到另眼相看从而保证不会吃瘪。

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She lost her husband in the crowd.

她在人群中与丈夫走散了。

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His eyes scoped the room, trying to spot her in the crowd.

他环顾房间四周，想在人群中找到她。

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Instead of despairing at the discomfort of rain and mud, the crowd rejoiced in its power to resist the weather."

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It's a kind of dare demonstrating not just his indifference to the crowd but in fact his scorn for it.

叶芝这种胆量,不仅说明他对大众的漠然,其实还是对它的蔑视。

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So I'm going to start in the middle of this: The crowd laughs long and loud.

他们的对话是这样进行的，：,“大家大笑很久“

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Tracy is an outsider who dreams of being with the In crowd, and innocent enough to believe she'll get her chance.

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Video-as-data means easily matching the faces in the crowd in one way or another, with Facebook as the easy but not only choice.

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The in crowd is understandably incredulous ("OMG, I'm sitting next to Martha Stewart" texts one) but Nancy is much too independent to worry about what they think.

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