She took a mouthful of water.

她喝了一大口水。

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It only took a few seconds.

那只需要几秒钟。

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I took a quick peek inside.

我匆匆向里面偷看了一眼。

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He took a room in an old house next to a magnificent garden filled with strange flowers and other plants.

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We took a trip to Japan and show the children how to fill out passport information.

我们带孩子们去日本旅游,告诉他们如何填写护照表格。

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And so, when we took a field trip to go see the SF Chronicle, it was really, really sad.

我们去《旧金山纪事报》的报社看过，发现他们真的很萧条。

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He then took a sales job at IBM, envisioning he would someday run the place.

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"He took a hostage, held her for close to an hour or more, " Mr Aharonovitch said.

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It took a worker smelling crude oil on the ground before it was noticed.

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