He sat down to remove his mud-crusted boots.

他坐下来，脱掉沾满泥土的靴子。

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She sat down to conceal the fact that she was trembling.

她坐下来以不让人看出她在发抖。

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I sat down to open the mail.

我坐下来打开信件。

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And so the man took the box, and put up his forty dollars and sat down to wait.

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Mussorgsky sat down and tried to come up with, create a musical response to each of these paintings that were on display.

穆索尔斯基坐下来,寻找灵感,想创作一首音乐作品来呼应这些,展览出的画作

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On the way to the hospital, they stopped by a tavern and he had a little pint of cider to drink, sat down and talked to people.

在去医院的路上，他们在酒馆停了下来,他喝了一品拖苹果酒，坐下来同大家交谈。

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As soon as they sat down to discuss what food to order, the bickering started.

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The two leaders then sat down to discuss world trouble spots, Russia, the Asian financial crisis.

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As we sat down to write this, the cell phone began vibrating against the desk.

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