He did the bare minimum of work but still passed the exam.

他只花了最少的工夫，却仍然通过了考试。

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All my hard work paid off in the end, and I finally passed the exam.

我的所有努力最终得到了回报，我终于通过了考试。

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How many students passed the final physics exam in your class?

你们班有多少学生通过了物理期末考试？

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She is a PhD candidate in the department of music, just passed her qualifying exam with flying colors, so here she is to demonstrate the bassoon for us, lowest member of the woodwind family.

她是音乐学院的在读博士,刚刚以出色的成绩通过资格考试,她马上要为我们演奏巴松管,木管乐器中声音最低沉的乐器

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Judges were also told that after the impersonation attempt Michael actually sat and passed the exam.

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With drive and intelligence he graduated in policy economy from Waseda University in 1994 and passed the exam to become a lawyer (bengoshi) in 1996.

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Hsu Sheng-yueh, a high-school graduate, took the CPU exam in July, passed with flying colors but was denied entry because his father had a criminal record.

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