All our efforts were in vain.

我们的所有努力都付诸东流了。

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Few soldiers were in evidence.

几乎看不见有士兵。

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We were in complete agreement.

我们意见完全一致。

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Others were not troubled. They had no way of finding out how terrible the lives of people were in Mulberry Bend.

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We need to think that the actions in the story were in some way free and absolutely, perfectly undetermined.

得让读者以为故事中角色的所作所为某种程度上,都是自由的，完全不是事先确定的。

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For example, if you were in a crowded train, and another passenger is staring at you,

例如，你在一节拥挤的车厢里，有一个乘客老是盯着你，

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Her son says that lawyers and witnesses were in the room when she signed each.

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He told the BBC contingency measures were in place, although he would not go into details.

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Although levels of such "instrumental lying" were high in both countries, they were highest in China.

BBC: Most parents 'lie to their children'