He was able to fulfil himself through his painting.

他通过绘画充分发挥了自己的才能。

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For the first time he was able to speak freely without the fear of reprisals against his family.

他第一次能够直言不讳而不怕家人遭到报复。

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In this way, William Jennings Bryan was able to run for president at the head of two separate political parties.

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We saw that the Bohr model was able to correlate the observations of Angstrom, which had been formulated by Balmer.

知道了波尔模型,可以和阿姆斯特朗的观察相吻合，这观察后来被巴尔末推导出来相证实。

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But... because of Yale's generous financial aid package, I was able to come all the way here.

多亏了耶鲁大学丰厚的补助，我才能来到这儿上学。

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Using the angle of the Sun, the team was able to estimate temperatures on Europa's surface.

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He was able to coach their son's soccer team, and he never missed a ballet recital.

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The 17-year-old ship never lost power and was able to sail into port at Freeport, Bahamas.

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