And now, rather than have had this grievous wrong to confess, she would gladly have lain down on the forest-leaves, and died there, at Arthur Dimmesdale's feet.

如今，与其把这极其严重的错误坦白出来，她宁可高高兴兴地躺在这林中落叶之上，死在阿瑟·丁梅斯代尔脚旁。

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"Our company has its development plans but I cannot say anything," Mr. Cui told a reporter before hurrying away, refusing to explain why the land has lain unused for 18 years.

“我们公司有开发这块土地的计划，但我不能透露任何内容”，在匆匆离开之前，崔先生对一名记者表示。同时他拒绝解释这块土地为什么会被闲置18年之久。

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Reliance Industries is now likelier to develop other fields in the D-6 lease, which might have lain fallow had the court upheld the lower price.

现在，信实工业公司可能开发d - 6油田的其它领域，该公司可能使法院支持尚未被开发领域油气资源的低价格。

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For all the architectural crimes Soviet rule inflicted on the city depressing gruel textured tower blocks among them the glittering fist of the great Timur (aka Tamerlane), who raised Samarkand again after Genghis Khan had lain it to waste in 1220, is still discernible.

ECONOMIST: Letter from Samarkand

The body of a man found in bushes at a car park at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary is believed to have lain there for two days.

BBC: Edinburgh Royal Infirmary Pic: Lisa Summers

The origin of the road's regal name is said to stem back to a league of kings who advanced this way to wage war with the wicked Cities of the Plains -- the Old Testament cities of Sodom and Gomorrah -- which are thought to have lain along the Dead Sea.

BBC: Travelling the slow route to Petra