I never learned how to play upon a lute; but I know how to raise a small and obscure city to glory and greatness.

我从不知如何弹奏鲁特琴；但我懂得如何使一座无名小镇发展成辉煌而伟大的城市。

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Current thinking suggests that toxins only have a small part to play in the build-up of cellulite.

流行的观点认为毒素只对脂肪团形成起很小的作用。

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The play is set in a small Midwestern town.

这出戏是以中西部的一个小城镇为背景的。

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He performed the one-man play called "The King of the Desert" at a small historic theater in Hollywood.

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At the wedding itself, many couples hire small chamber groups to play classical music before and at the end of the ceremony.

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The first family can watch a movie in the small theater, play ping-pong in the family game room or bowl in the small bowling alley.

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Brooks opted to play small-ball against the Heat for the remainder of the game.

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" He returned to play small roles in the company's 1990 productions of "Henry V" and "Henry IV.

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Countless Marines I know had put off careers in business, finance and law to play small, almost anonymous parts in tedious and dangerous places.

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