Very often such statues were enclosed in rectangular shrines or wall niches whose only opening was at the front, making it natural for the statue to display frontality.

这些雕像通常被封闭在长方形的神龛或壁龛中，它们唯一的开口在前面，这使得雕像很自然地展现了正面。

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There was concern in the city that police were making little headway in the investigation.

这个城市里的人们担心警方没有在调查中取得一丁点进展。

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There were political overtones to the point he was making.

他的论点有政治含义。

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At the same time Fred Allen and Jack Benny were making America laugh, so was Bob Hope.

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We had no idea what was going on with the system, with how people were using it. We were making guesses.

我们不知道这个系统会怎么样，也不知道人们用得怎么样，我们只是在猜测。

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I'll just tell you that Tennyson thought cellar door the two most beautiful words in the English language were "cellar door" and that audible beauty was his preoccupation in the making of poetry.

我想说的是，塔尼森认为,英语中最动人的两个词是“,这是他对于追求诗歌听觉效果的执念。

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Everyone I know noticed the dramatic changes I was making and were very impressed, especially hubby-to-be.

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But unlike the old trip to Blockbuster, odds are one end of that trip was one you were already making, to the supermarket, or a 7-11, where the kiosks tend to be located.

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For them, the finished product was the documentary film which they were making as they went along, showing how the hoax was put together.

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