Hundreds of occupational surnames are at once familiar to us, or at least recognizable after a little thought: Archer, Carter, Fisher, Mason, Thatcher, Taylor, to name but a few.

数以百计的职业姓氏对我们来说曾经是熟悉的，或者至少稍加思考就能辨认出来：阿切尔、卡特、费雪、梅森、撒切尔、泰勒等等。

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The once familiar voice sounded so cold and strange.

那个曾经熟悉的声音听起来如此冰冷和陌生。

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For developers, the portable Web will be at once familiar and strange.

对于开发人员，可能对便携web既熟悉又陌生。

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Once again, in many ways, we see Socrates dissolving the bonds of the familiar.

从很多方面看来，这不就再一次让我们看到苏格拉底解开常规的束缚。

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Today, however, homosexual romance in China is like a once familiar face that has become obscure.

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While her speech and intellect remained unchanged after the accident, her ability to sing and to recognise once-familiar melodies disappeared.

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The Wii attracted people at a glance, but it took us a rather long time to have many people understand the value of the Nintendo DS. The Wii U has a lot of factors appreciated by users, including the possibilities of the Wii U GamePad and Miiverse, and we are confident that it will have high sales potential once they are familiar to more consumers.

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