In spite of obvious difficulties, she set her teeth and embarked upon the long course toward her goal.

尽管困难很明显，她还是下定决心朝着目标开始了漫长的历程。

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She resented it, and it always seemed to set her teeth on edge though if she'd heard it once, she'd heard it a hundred times, so often in fact that her daughter, just learning to talk, had eagerly enlisted in the interrogation.

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When I asked the winner, a diminutive brunette named Sonia Gonzales, what set her apart, she flashed her teeth.

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Constance unpacked her clothing that first night in her strange chilly room, brushed her teeth, plumped the pillows on her new bed, set the alarm.

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