I made clear to her how laughable would have been the waywardness of English spelling but for the tragic compulsion we were under to cram it for our examinations.

我明确告诉她，英文拼法的毫无规则是多么可笑，只有在不幸的强迫之下，我们为了考试才对它死记硬背。

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I will heal their waywardness and love them freely, for my anger has turned away from them.

我必医治他们背道的病，甘心爱他们，因为我的怒气向他们转消。

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They are: a playful curiosity, a capacity for dreams, a sense of humor to correct those dreams, and finally a certain waywardness and incalculability of behavior.

就是：一种嬉戏的好奇心，一种梦想的能力，一种纠正这些梦想的幽默感，一种在行为上任性的、不可测度的质素。

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But, given their big neighbour's complaisance about Mexican waywardness, how long will that last?

ECONOMIST: Drugs in the Americas

Against a background like this, a little waywardness in the world of macroeconomics seems entirely forgivable.

ECONOMIST: Wynne Godley, British economist, died on May 13th, aged 83

Their waywardness has always been a trial for directors general, but recently things seem to have got worse.

ECONOMIST: Repositioning the WHO