And in my heart I should have been startled if they had behaved otherwise, for all the time I was telling it I was conscious in my soul that it was a stupid story!

然而在我心里却觉得：如果当时他们真的大笑的话，我倒是会感到惊讶的。这是因为我发现自己讲的时候在潜意识里就一直觉得：这个故事太蠢了！

youdao

I guess the last time we had to hang around it was so unbearably cold all we could do was get into our sleeping bags to survive.

我猜这是因为，上一次我们被迫停工的时候，天气冷得简直无法忍受，我们唯一能做的就是钻进睡袋里熬过严寒。

youdao

When he brought it back I swear it had grown at least a foot in all directions from the last time I saw it (not important, it just intrigued me).

当他把通灵板拿来的时候，我确信它比我刚才看到时面积至少大了一平方英尺(不过没什么大不了的，这倒正好激发我的兴趣)。

youdao

Until the time I presented the group in model form, it had been assumed by all that the proposed statue was to be of a single figure.

ECONOMIST: In transition

It was the weekend, so I had all the time in the world to spend with them.

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Then, when I was evacuated to Wales during the war, we spoke it virtually all the time because my aunt didn't speak much English, so I had to pick it up very quickly.

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