She had her own list, and only eleven of the fourteen children were on it.

她手里拿着自己的名单，可是上面只有这14个孩子里的11人。

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The car was bouncing up and down as if someone were jumping on it.

车上下颠簸，仿佛有人正在上面跳动。

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Teachers must put the brakes on, as it were, when they notice students looking puzzled.

当老师发现学生神色茫然时，就应该在一定程度上放慢速度。

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The military also released photos of a large number of knives that it said were on the ships.

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At a very early age, Milton brooded on his poetic vocation as if it were an actual calling from God.

在很早的时候，弥尔顿就在沉思他的诗歌事业,就像是来自上帝真实的召唤。

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I was going to say when you first start doing this, even people who have been doing it for a long time still go off on ten-minute daydreams before realizing that their minds were wondering.

我本想说第一次尝试时，但即便是修行多年的人,也会走神十分钟之久,方才意识到自己刚做了白日梦。

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He needed the rope loose, but too many people were on it, making it tight.

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Many subjects of the study were on it, presumably including Mr Hendon, who was the right age.

ECONOMIST: Ernest Hendon

Michael Bates said they were taken to Holland and he returned with his father to successfully recapture Sealand and the five men who were on it.

BBC: 'Prince of Sealand' Roy Bates dies in Essex