As the man was getting ready to edge the lawn, here she came out again, marched to the mail box, opened it and then slammed it shut harder than ever.

就在那个男人快割到草地边上的时候，又见到那个女郎出来了，这次是大步流星地走到邮箱跟前，猛地打开，再“砰”地一声狠命地关上，力度比前两次还要大。

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Some cutting-edge photovoltaic cells offer an even higher initial efficiency but fall behind when the DC power they produce is converted to grid-ready alternating current.

一些先进的光伏电池甚至可以提供更高的效率，但是由于要把直流电源转化为交流电，转换效率有所降低。

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The shape of this amazing fishbowl was inspired by a water drop which was ready to flow over the edge of the surface it was resting on.

这个样貌奇特的鱼缸的设计灵感，来自于一滴即将从它正停留表面滑落的水珠。

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He's cooked up prototype clamshells, controller-toting tablets, and built two top of the line gaming laptops along the way -- but now his dream is almost ready: the Razer Edge.

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Occasional accords such as this, in addition to the periodic bursts of rhetoric extolling the virtues of national reconciliation that follow outrages such as the Sadr City bombings, suggest that none of Iraq's main factions is ready to march over the edge just yet.

ECONOMIST: Iraq

Two revolutionary warriors armed with guns perched at the edge on a red platform, ready to begin the fight (the middle portion of this mural is shown above).

ECONOMIST: Art and politics