Miss USA Alyssa Campanella, from California, failed to end a long losing spell for the U.S. in the competition.

美国小姐，来自加州的Alyssa Campanella在比赛中依旧没有摆脱美国长久未赢的魔咒。

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France finished last in its group for the 2nd time in its last 3 World Cups, ending a miserable spell for the French.

而法国则是在近3届世界杯中第2次小组垫底，可悲的南非之旅就此完结。

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If I don't know a word, I ask them to spell it out for me.

假如我不知道某个词，我请他们替我拼写出来。

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"Greeks just simply do not know what the next day will spell for them, what this EU-IMF rescue package is all about, what it will actually mean for their pockets."

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These days those things constantly spell check your program for you.

现在这些软件将会为你,做程序的拼写检查。

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and the same for favour, they spell f-a-v-o-r, we put u in it,

同样地，对于发烧这个单词，他们拼写成f-a-v-o-r，我们要加一个u在里面，

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It was a difficult spell for Sunderland, who had also lost their three previous league games.

BBC: Blackburn 1-2 Sunderland

Meanwhile spinner Monty Panesar took 3-21 in arguably his most impressive spell for the national team.

BBC: SPORT | Cricket | England | Harmison delighted to find rhythm

Woeful indiscipline was readily punished by referee Sean Davey, and Robinson slotted three more penalties during a damaging six-minute spell for the visitors.

BBC: Gloucester 34-20 London Irish