Catherine, we would fain have deluded yet: but her own quick spirit refused to delude her: it divined in secret, and brooded on the dreadful probability, gradually ripening into certainty.

我们还想瞒住凯瑟琳；但她的机灵可是骗不过她自己；她暗自揣度着，深思着那可怕的可能性，而那可能性已渐渐地成熟为必然性了。

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He was tortured by the secret police, but they could not break his spirit.

他遭到秘密警察的拷打，但他们并不能摧毁他的精神。

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Olivier Krug is the sixth generation in a family of champagne makers. For him, this secret garden, as he calls it, represents his family's independent spirit.

奥利维尔·库克是香槟制造家族的第六代传人。他把这座葡萄园称为秘密果园，认为这里代表了他家族的独立精神。

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On the same evening that the spirit of Leeuwenhoek tells me the secret of the perfect lens, I find the diamond I need to create it.

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It tells of a secret mission to spirit American diplomats out of Iran in 1979.

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"Over her 30 years of experience with the Secret Service, Julia has consistently exemplified the spirit and dedication the men and women of the service demonstrate every day, " Mr Obama said in a statement.

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