There was an odd side to him though, now that I think of it. He was dabbling in the black arts, and would take his off duty days and wander the native bazars and curio shops.

我想起来了，他还有个奇怪的嗜好——沉迷于巫术，在不当班的时候他会花一整天去逛本地市场和古玩店。

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Batman must take off his mask.

蝙蝠侠必须拿掉他的面具。

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It would take him the rest of his life to pay off that loan.

还清那笔贷款将花费他的余生。

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What I'll always remember was seeing him, about an hour later, momentarily take off his thick dark rimmed glasses,and announce: "From Dallas,Texas,the flash, apparently official, President Kennedy died at one p.m.

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He began grabbing for his feet as if he would take off his shoes, too, but before he could get at them the Essex knocked him flat and ran over him.

他试图抓住自己的脚，像是想要也脱掉鞋子，但,在他碰到鞋前，埃塞克斯就把他撞倒在地，并碾了过去。

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But Long,who set an Olympic long jump record during qualifying, gave Owens advice on how to improve his take-off.

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But while A Rod the human can while away his down time by flirting with pretty women in the stands, his equine counterpart has no such diversion to take his mind off his failure on the field of play.

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The Chelsea star said that the international break had helped take his mind off the upheaval at his club where the search for a new manager is underway after Luis Felipe Scolari was sacked on Monday.

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To be fair, he had time to take both his gloves off and still take that chance, possibly in his trouser pocket.

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