Tom eyed it, and longed for it; but it was safe out of his reach.

汤姆望着它，渴望着；但它是安全的，他够不着。

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My mind standing on the brink called out, as it were, with an eager waving of hands to the ferryman sailing away across the waves to the other side. For life longed to start on life's journey.

我的心，好似站在河边，热烈地挥舞着手，向那朝着对岸破浪前进的船夫呼喊，因为生命渴望开始生命的旅程。

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She longed to enquire of the housekeeper whether her master were really absent, but had not courage for it.

她真想问问这位管家奶奶，主人是否真不在家，可是她没有勇气，只得作罢。

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So he really longed for it.

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This kind of interaction was not only what he longed for, but he believed it would also appeal to other professionals (men in those days) who, like him, had emigrated from rural America to the big cities.

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They let me imagine how it felt to be longed for, and that was a knowledge sadly lacking in my real life.

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