Of course, the second speaker does not mean he heard the news about John by putting his ear to a grapevine!

当然，第二个谈话者并不是说，他把耳朵贴在葡萄藤上才听到这个关于约翰的消息的！

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Jack held John by the collar.

杰克揪着约翰的领子。

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I know the young man, John by name.

我认识一个叫约翰的年青人。

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By the time John Henry was a young man, he was one of the best steel-drivers in the country.

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John's are much better, by the way, which is why Thursday will be a much better lay-- a better lecture.

顺便说下，约翰的笑话可能好些,这也就是为什么周四会是更好的一天-,你们听的是更好的讲座。

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Professor John Rogers: Milton is typically cited by literary historians as one of the first major English poets to praise in verse the institution of marriage.

约翰·罗格斯教授：文学家们说弥尔顿,是英国早期诗人中,赞美婚姻制度的一员。

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The inscription covers the four surviving copies of the version of Magna Carta forced on King John by the Barons of England at Runnymede in June 1215.

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The biography category features a diverse range of subjects including Mary Queen of Scots by John Guy and poet Stephen Spender by John Sutherland.

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Since 1982, biographies of John Joyce (by John Wyse Jackson and Peter Costello), of Nora (by Brenda Maddox), and of Lucia (by Carol Loeb Shloss) have come out, and there has been fresh biographical work on Joyce himself.

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