Gradually the claps spread throughout the hall.

掌声逐渐传遍了整个大厅。

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The crowd cheers and claps for all the wrestling tricks and misbehavior.

VOA: special.2010.02.19

It's great to get all the claps and the cheers and to see everyone supporting us.

BBC: 2nd Battalion The Royal Welsh: Soldiers in Bridgend march

Of course I couldn't see the response as I was speaking though I could hear the claps and the laughter but the lighting was such that I couldn't actually see the audience.

BBC: October: Ann Widdecombe

What matters isn't CPI the month after the government claps down price controls, it's CPI six months or a year later.

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