He put them down for four years after the tragic loss of his wife.

痛失妻子后，他的学习耽搁了四年。

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He escaped from prison, only to hunt down former fellow inmates with prison because the inmates of his wife and daughter have been framed, and put the blame on charges of serial killer Frank.

他从监狱越狱，只为追捕从前同监的狱友，因为他的妻女遭到该狱友陷害，并将连环杀手的罪名嫁祸于弗兰克。

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When he arrived in Washington and began living the congressional life, he put the instrument down, but only after his wife, the more sophisticated Pauline, beseeched him to, saying that fiddling was beneath a statesman's dignity.

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Fearing also for his wife and young son, he put down his recorder and reporting pad and went into hiding.

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His wife sat down in front of him and put her hands out to touch her husband and the cloth he was wearing.

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