"Well," the trainer said, "when they were very young and much smaller, we used the same size rope to tie them and, at that age, it was enough to hold them."

“嗯，”驯兽师说，“当它们还很小的时候，我们用同样尺寸的绳子绑住它们，在那个年龄，这足够拴住它们了。”

youdao

There used to be transport problems, now though there are new train links and better roads, but it may be that some smaller towns inland remain not very well connected, is that OK?

过去存在交通问题，尽管现在有新的火车线路和更好的道路，但一些内陆的小城镇与外界可能仍然没有很好的连接，这样可以吗？

youdao

I used to know him very well.

我过去很了解他。

youdao

It used to be the case that-- well I mean my guess is that very few of you probably go through a day without interacting with a water bottle at some point.

以前的情况是,我是说,我猜在座很少有人经历过,一整天不带水壶的日子

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If you've never seen it, it's a Kirk Douglas movie that's a good movie, and it's about the mutinies on the Western Front, and it's very good. We used to say, well come to 101 and it'll be a film that'll be shown at 8 p.M.

你要是从来没看过,这是一部科克·道格拉斯的电影,好电影,是关于西线战士反叛的故事,非常好,我们总说,欢迎来101教室晚上八点有电影

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Diamonds and gold, well, yeah, it pays for a few people to hit the rocks with pickaxes, but it doesn't actually bring a great deal of wealth except in Botswana where it has been very well used.

NPR: Debt Deal Does Little for Africa's Core Problems

And Caldwell, at the same time, also didn't suggest why the Iranians would want to support the Sunnis with weapons that could very well be used against the Shiites - Shiite civilians or Shiite militia - where the Iranians have a much closer relationship to the Shiites.

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He's used that advantage very well, and will probably do so going forward.

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