Because no matter how she loved the boyand she did, furiously, as if her own life depended on him, loss was alwaysthere like the shadow of an infant following at her heels.

因为无论她有多爱这个孩子——她确实爱着他，爱若性命——失去他的恐惧却一直徘徊不去，就像一个婴孩的幽灵，在她脚边如影随形。

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It seemed that no matter how hard I tried, happiness was constantly eluding me and disappointment became my shadow.

似乎不管我怎么努力，快乐总是躲着我走，而失失望则如影随形。

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Then you measure the length of the skyscraper's shadow, and thereafter it is a simple matter of proportional arithmetic to work out the height of the skyscraper.

然后测量摩天大楼影子的长度，之后就很简单了，按比例计算出摩天大楼的高度就可以了。

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For this reason, the positive response a whistleblower may initially experience upon reporting a matter may quickly turn ugly as the shadow of blame widens.

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Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said it was "a matter of grave concern".

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Shadow leader of the Lords Baroness Royall declined to push the matter to a vote but attacked the government for failures on the economy and on social policy.

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