When he found he could not secure my attention for the school course, he gave up the attempt as hopeless and went on a different tack.

当他发现他不能使我的注意力维持在学校的科目上时，就绝望地放弃了这种努力，而另辟蹊径。

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Japan Inc went on a global buying binge 20 years ago, snatching up vanity assets such as the Rockefeller Centre and the Pebble Beach golf course before beating a hasty retreat.

日本公司在20年前大掀收购热潮，在攫取洛克菲勒中心和圆石滩高尔夫球场这些浮华资产后功成身退。

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Bruce went into a low gear and drove at a terrifying speed, keeping the front wheels astride the crack as he followed its zigzag course.

布鲁斯挂上慢档，把两只前轮分别搁在裂缝的两边，顺着弯弯曲曲的裂缝，以发疯的速度向前开去。

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Of course I recognized it as vietnamese when we went inside, but the lady was Chinese.

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As a young man, Bennett went into an officer-training course, and, for years, he did not wear a kippa.

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Still, this is a story that cannot be told without Breton because such was his dominating personality that, with the exception of Duchamp, Picasso and the aging Matisse, all the poets, writers and artists of the day were forced to define themselves as his friend or foe (and many of course went from friend to foe).

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