In all fairness to him, he did try to stop her leaving.

不能怪他，他确实曾设法阻止她离开。

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In rural Maine, a disgruntled neighbor murders his enemy and turns him into a scarecrow, leaving him "drying slowly, slowly in the wind".

在缅因州的乡下，一个心有愤恨的邻居杀死了他的敌人并把他变成了一个稻草人，让他“在风中慢慢地、慢慢地晾干”。

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Leaving him in the CEO's chair would have been difficult too.

本来就很难把他留在总裁的位子上了。

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But Little was not so fortunate this time, a share of 38th in Pula leaving him in 122nd place, while tournament committee chairman Jamie Spence was 123rd after two late bogeys ended his chances of the top-10 finish he needed.

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But Mr Farage's decision to step down as leader for a tilt at the bigger prize of a seat at Westminster backfired when he failed to unseat Commons Speaker John Bercow in Buckingham, leaving him in a curious state of limbo.

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Even towards the end, when the feverish playwright came on a trip to Moscow, Knipper would stay out with fellow actors until four in the morning, leaving him in the company of Ivan Bunin.

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