They did nothing except(but) watch TV.

他们除了看电视外，什么也不做。

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He goes back and gambles again, but he has nothing left to wager except his wife, so he puts her and gambles her.

他回到祖国并且再次求赌,但除了妻子,他别无赌资,所以他以她作赌注

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The lines stretched from Manhattan like the tentacles of an octopus, but nothing connected them except in a very few places.

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But there's nothing we can do except try to get a contract done.

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But nothing actually travels the axon's length except a wave of electrical potential.

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