The old lady was sitting upright in her chair, stiff as a poker.

这个老妇人挺着身子，笔直地坐在椅子里。

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The old lady was sitting upright in her chair, stiff as a poker .

这个老人挺着身子，笔直地坐在椅子里。

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The ordinary trees , shades , sidewalks . so tiny a cute shop is sitting upright.

平淡无奇的树，树荫，人行横道。小小的商店冥然兀坐。

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But besides just being kind of weird, it requires, even at a minimum, sitting upright in bed.

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The study by doctors at the Children's Hospital in St Paul and the University of Minnesota School of Medicine, also warned about not using other baby equipment which necessitated babies sitting upright during their first few months of life.

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