The ordinary duties of the morning dragged upon his hands, and wearied him.

早晨的日常公事在他手头上拖拖拉拉的完成了，使他感到厌烦。

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There is no reason to exonerate him from the ordinary duties of a citizen.

没有理由免除他做公民应尽的义务。

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Until recently this was a worry only for the super-rich, but now many ordinary people fear that, thanks to rising house prices, they may be dragged into paying death duties.

直到最近，遗产税还只是超级富豪的烦忧，但现在由于房价上涨，普通的民众也开始担心自己也会成为征税对象。

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That reinforces the case for increasing duties on ordinary diesel, and reducing it on less toxic fuels and less polluting forms of transport.

ECONOMIST: Vehicle taxes

If deputies approve the nomination at their meeting on 26 September, Mr Mulkerrin will have the same rights and duties as ordinary members, other than the right to vote.

BBC: Denis Mulkerrin

Indeed, I do not believe that this would be the first time that a federal government would have withdrawn its services and employees from states that have passed unconstitutional laws seeking to regulate or impose liability on federal employees in the ordinary course of performing their duties.

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