His wife is trying to keep him on the straight and narrow.

他妻子想方设法让他要诚实正派。

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He was huddled with John trying to jumpstart his car.

他和约翰挤在一起，试图借电启动他的车。

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He studied his map, trying to memorize the way to Rose's street.

他研究了地图，努力记住去罗丝家那条街的路。

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His theory was that Martians were trying to bring water to the warm areas near the equator of the planet.

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And the head you are seeing at the back there he was trying to touch is his wife's face.

他用手于去触摸的那个人,是他的妻子。

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Everybody and his pet dog is trying to get a seat on a plane out of Logan airport.

每个人和他们的宠物狗,都想获得罗根机场的飞机上的座位。

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"These types of events band officers and departments together, and I guess his trying to bring the fight to officers, well, he knows better, " added Lee, a 10-year veteran.

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Yeats was busy dissuading his father from trying his hand at writing, an effort inspired in old age by his son's success.

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Ponting will perhaps never have made a scratchier six, from 21 balls, and was lbw after losing his balance trying to play across his pad.

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