"I have been playing at nine-pins," he answered, "and have lost a couple of farthings."

“我一直在玩九柱戏。”他回答，“还丢了几个铜板。”

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I've lost a couple of elections myself, though I never fought a battle I didn't first convince myself I could win.

我自己也曾在选举中输过几回，尽管每次较量前我都十分确信自己是必胜的。

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My start was not very good and I lost a couple of positions, and then traffic hampered my progress during the first half of the race.

我起步不好，落后了几个车位，而在比赛的前半段，拥堵的赛道阻碍了我的进攻。

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Hillenbrand lost a couple of years later when it sued Kinetic Concepts for the same thing.

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And like last year, Shafer lost a couple more besides Allen.

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