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No doubt Bacon could have done better if he had been less concerned with worldly success.

假使培根原来对功名利禄不那么关切，他当然会写得好一些。

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Sitting in the entrance, he tried to make the blackthorn wand levitate small stones at his feet; but his magic still seemed clumsier and less powerful than it had done before.

他坐在帐篷口，试着用黑刺李木魔杖让脚边的小石头升起，但魔法好像还是不如以前流畅有力。

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He told the second day of the hearing that he now worked for a local authority but was earning less than he had done as a driver.

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