He was a poor student from Madras whose genius took him to Stanford.

他是个来自马德拉斯的穷学生，他的才华使他考上了斯坦福。

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Ironically, it was a poor start from American David Oliver that cost him the race.

很讽刺，美国大卫·奥列佛的开场表现很差，使他在比赛中失败了。

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"From what we have seen of him," continued Mrs. Gardiner, "I really should not have thought that he could have behaved in so cruel a way by any body, as he has done by poor Wickham."

嘉丁纳太太接着说：“从我们看到他的一些情形来说，我真想象不出，他竟会那样狠心地对待可怜的韦翰。”

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But from a lofted ball his poor touch took him away from the target as Jaaskelainen bore down on him and when Fowler laid the ball off to Villanueva the Chilean slipped at the vital moment.

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Button qualified only fifth in Spain, and a poor first lap put him down to ninth, from where he was not able to use the full performance of the car.

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They see their neighbour, who borrowed more than he could afford to buy a fancy house, getting a bail-out to save him from the consequences of his own poor judgment.

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