Could I exchange my nature with any other creature, I fain would be such a happy little lark!

如果我变成其他动物，我愿意做一只快乐的小云雀！

youdao

She sang like a little lark about her work, and day after day said hopefully to herself, "I know I'll get my music some time if I'm good."

她像只小云雀般为自己的工作歌唱，每天都满怀希望地对自己说：“我知道有一天我一定会学好音乐，只要我乖。”

youdao

Only the little lark never sang.

不过这只百灵鸟从来不歌唱。

youdao

His smiles fade a little too quickly, and can leave you with the nagging suspicion that he views it all as a lark the high-school-cafeteria metaphor taken too literally.

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