Why should Jane put herself out of the way to welcome Tom?

为什么珍妮要不辞辛苦地去欢迎汤姆呢？

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He told me a machine would put that lady out of work. Breaking those bricks meant she'd earn enough money to feed herself and her baby that day.

他跟我说，如果用机器，那个女人便会丢掉工作。而将那些砖头敲碎意味着她能赚到足够的钱让她和她的孩子在那天吃饱。

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Still she went on growing, and, as a last resource, she put one arm out of the window, and one foot up the chimney, and said to herself ‘Now I can do no more, whatever happens.

再待一会儿就得跪在地板上了，一分钟后，她必须躺下了，一只胳膊撑在地上，一只胳膊抱着头、可是还在长，这时只得把一只手臂伸出窗子，一只脚伸进烟囱，然后自语说：“还长的话怎么办呢？

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Once again, the story hinges on a couple who know each other for real only in the final minute in this case, Joe Fox, who owns a chain of large bookstores, and Kathleen Kelly, who runs one small bookstore and finds herself put out of business.

NEWYORKER: You've Got Mail

Why not put out some of those great out-of-print mysteries herself?

FORBES: Publish or Perish

She may have been attracted to the idea of relocating here out of her desperate attempt to put an ocean between herself and Wardi, but told everyone else, apart from her mother and intimate friends, that she is here to mourn the passing of her only son.

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