Her shoulders were straight, her head thrown back, her eyes half-closed, so that the scene came vaguely into them.

她直起身子，头往后仰着，双眼微微闭着，眼前的景色也因此变得模模糊糊。

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Cut to Lang Lang, in his red tuxedo, pounding away at the piano, head thrown back, lifting his right hand in a gesture of ecstasy, while the masses applaud.

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In that accident, my head had been thrown back so abruptly that it had been compensating ever since, leaving me with the feeling of being precipitate, of tipping into rather than entering the next moment, thought, or sentence.

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