"As soon as we let him put on a dress, his personality changed from a very sad kid who sat still, didn't do much of anything to a very happy little girl who was thrilled to be alive, " Pauline said.

宝琳说：“他的性格非常忧郁，（常常）安静地坐着，什么都不做，我们一让他穿上裙子，他就变成了一个非常开心的小女孩，充满生气。”

youdao

And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive.

于是，摩西回到他岳父叶忒罗那里，对他说，求你容我回去见我在埃及的弟兄，看他们还在不在。

youdao

She had made a vow to take no man for her Lord and husband unless he promised to let himself be buried alive with her if she died before him.

她发誓要为她的主人和丈夫没有人，除非他答应让自己与她的生命被掩埋，如果她先死。

youdao

He has no idea what terrible fate awaits him if he is discovered, but he is sure that they will not let him leave the town alive.

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He said a man who called him last month claiming to be one of the kidnappers had refused to let him speak to his sister - which would prove that she and her partner were still alive.

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