This dream recognition comforts me; seeing the house again in different surroundings is no more surprising than encountering an old friend by chance in a strange place.

这种梦安慰了我的心灵；在不同的环境里又见到这所房子已不再像在一个陌生的地方遇见了一位老朋友那么令人感到惊讶了。

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Mole made the door fast, threw the satchel into a drawer and locked it, and sat down quietly on the table by his friend, waiting for the strange seizure to pass.

鼹鼠关紧了门，把背包扔进一个抽屉，锁好，然后静静地坐在朋友身边的桌子上，等着这阵奇怪的邪魔过去。

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A French friend who'd made a trip to the United States had returned with tales of “very strange” fare, including “tinned vegetable cocktails and tinned fruit salads.

一个法国友人去一趟美国，回来就讲述那儿“诡异”的食物，其中包括“罐头蔬菜鸡尾酒和罐头水果色拉”。

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As a child, my friend interpreted this behavior as strange and eccentric only to read years later that all of the nutrients from the vegetables had been boiled out and were actually in the water!

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But in a strange conjunction of events, it may have been this same black dog - together with the intervention of a loyal friend during a few fateful days in early May 1940 - that enabled Churchill to achieve the position from which he could alter the course of history.

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