He sat at the table, coat off, head down and pen in hand.

他坐在桌子旁边，没穿外套，低着头，手里拿着钢笔。

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Sometimes, I note down nothing when I grab the pen in hand. That's makes me upset.

有时候，笔拿在手上，我却一个字也写不出来，这让我很苦恼。

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We had half-an-hour for writing our copybooks; that was a time when, pen in hand, I used to become absent-minded and my thoughts wandered hither and thither.

我们有半小时的时间摹写字帖；这段时间我常心不在焉，手里拿着笔，思想却在到处漫游。

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And, believe it or not, I have students walk in and first thing a hand goes up and says do you have a pen? I cannot believe it.

不管信不信，我有些学生走进来，第一件事就举起手问,你有没有笔，难以置信。

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and that they're holding the pen in the right hand in a wide shot,

还要保证的是演员在远景里用右手拿笔，

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So in the story Dudley is there, pen knife in hand, but instead of the prayer or before the prayer, he says "Parker, would you mind?"

故事里达德利手拿小刀，没有做祷告，或是在做祷告前，他说，派克，介意我们杀你吗“

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"I found him standing by the hallway table with the form and pen in hand, " she told the jury.

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Hold an ordinary ballpoint pen in your hand and look it over closely.

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He's going round the changing room with a pen in his hand telling all the lads to sign his match ball.

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