LIKE a lumbering elephant embarking on an epic trek, India's general election got under way this week (see article).

就像一只笨重的大象跋涉在史诗般的旅途中，印度大选这周开始了(详情请看全文)。

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Still, it will be quite some time before BofA itself looks more like a gleaming S-Class than a lumbering old banger.

但美银要从一辆笨重的老破车转变为一辆闪亮的s级小轿，还需较长的一段时间恢复。

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Bayer will still look like a lumbering dinosaur when it makes its planned debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Jan. 24, 2002.

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Either that, or its refusal to sell its infrastructure stems from a desire to continue as a lumbering, dinosaur-like monopoly, and to put off having to face real competition for as long as possible.

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But when I needed to punch it up to zip around a lumbering tractor-trailer on the freeway, the Focus Electric takes off like a rocket.

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