It was very dark except for a few candles that their parents had lighted.

除了他们父母点的几支蜡烛外，别处一片漆黑。

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Except for a few complaints about low water pressure, no problems with showers have been reported since the adjustment.

除了一些关于水压低的抱怨外，淋浴器在调整后没有出现任何问题。

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The region is uninhabited except for a few scattered mountain villages.

除了几个零星的小山村之外， 这个地区杳无人烟。

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The myth, perpetuated by De Gaulle, the big guy, was that in France everybody had resisted except for a few elites, and then France had risen up to follow his great shadow and had thrown off the oppressor and founded a republic.

传说中,这也被戴高乐延续了,大个子,在法国每个人,除了一小撮精英以外都参与了抵抗,然后法国跟随着他的光辉,崛起了,赶走了压迫者,建立了共和国

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And I was out there and the only place you could really get water, except for a few drinking fountains, were from the Evian booths and it talks on-- sand o three fifty for a bottle of water, which is pretty typical of these places, but what was interesting was the fact that this is shipped in from France.

我也去看了,除了几个饮水机之外,唯一可以喝到水的地方,就是依云矿泉水的摊位,而它的一瓶水要3.5美元,这种地方通常都是这个价,但有意思的是,这是由法国进口的

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Except for a few camps, soldiers are no longer found at the various sites.

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Except for a few shares I sold in 1999, I haven't ever sold any share.

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Except for a few years, over the past decades discretionary appropriations have gone up and up.

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