Just before they left, Claire heard Gladys whispering to another woman that she had never seen anyone so handsome as Tony.

就在她们离开之前，克莱尔听到格莱迪斯跟另外一个女人小声地说，她从来没有见过像托尼这么英俊的男人。

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The last time he had seen her, just before they left port, her eyes had been raw from crying, two ghastly red holes in a wan, pale face.

上次他看见她还是在他们离港前，她双眼因为痛哭而红肿，像是两团红色的圆洞嵌在她苍白无血色的脸上。

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Then the same screening was performed on those 30 failed babies just before they left for home, 9 babies passed, the rest 21 failed for the second time.

听力筛查未通过的30例出院前进行再次筛查，其中有9例通过，剩余21例两次筛查均没通过。

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My camcorder never leaves the house without a spare, since its "smart" batteries tend to claim they have many minutes of headroom left just seconds before they go dark.

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They told us just before the staff left that the airport was locked and that we couldn't leave.

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