The boys did that just for the devil of it.

男孩子们这样做纯粹是闹着玩的。

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Mary lost her handbag, and the devil of it was that the handbag contained her ID card and passport.

玛丽弄丢了挂包，更糟的是挂包里有 她的身份证和护照。

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Andy lost his notebook, and the devil of it was that the notebook contained all his homework for the coming week.

安迪把笔记本丢了，最坏的事情是笔记本里有他下星期的全部作业。

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In the Book of Revelation it's the number of the beast; it's the number of the devil.

在《启示录》中,这是野兽的数量;,是魔鬼的数量。

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The Spanish conquistadors declared coca a tool of the devil, until they saw how it improved the work rate of the Indians they sent down the mines.

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One friend of mine described a coworker who his team named "Mephistopheles, " because he did seem to be the "second coming of the devil, " and everyone saw it.

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Trusting the devil it knew, it commissioned Mr Payne to produce a full version of the symphony.

ECONOMIST: Thank goodness Edward Elgar��s wishes were disregarded