Golden Adele, in paperweight form, lay on the coffee table and was rubbed hard for luck.

咖啡桌上放着做成镇纸石的“金色阿黛勒”，为求诉讼顺利，它被精心抚拭。

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These mass lay-offs, it might be hypothesised, are more like natural catastrophes, such as famines, than isolated accidents that cause a few people to fall on hard times.

从假设上来说，这些大型解雇事件，与影响少数人的事故比起来，更像是饥荒之类的自然灾害。

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Thus they lay on hard wooden boards, unable to stand up or move around.

这样他们只能躺在木板上，不能站起来，也活动不了。

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At night they lay on hard beds without pillows and, behind their closed eyelids, their unsettled thoughts ran in opposite directions.

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That night, as she lay in bed on her rock-hard mattress, Luda continued to think about Milena.

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