They were holding what looked like ropes that led, via some kind of mechanical system, to a giant bird in the sky.

他们拿着一些看起来像绳子的东西，这些“绳索”通过一些机械系统，延伸向天空中的一只“巨鸟”。

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A young man in dark glasses leaped out into the drizzle holding what looked like a carrycot and snaked toward the entrance.

一个戴墨镜的年轻人跳进毛毛雨中，手里拿着一个看上去像手提式婴儿床的东西，蜿蜒向入口走去。

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His eyes slowly began to focus on what looked like a small dark ball.

他的眼睛开始慢慢聚焦到那个小黑球似的东西上。

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"The Israeli peace camp, as well as the Arab peace camp, is losing trust in the United States and in President Obama and what looked like a very positive and promising momentum that was started back in June in Cairo has been already lost,"

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We've looked at Milton's earliest poem, or what Milton wants us to think of as his earliest poem, from a couple of different perspectives.

我们已经看了弥尔顿最早期的诗歌，或者说弥尔顿希望我们认为是他最早的诗，从一些不同的角度。

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Lane looked faintly interrupted. "Why what?" " Why did you think it was going to go over like a lead balloon?"

莱恩微弱的问，什么为什么“,为什么你认为它像一个领头气球“

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One flashed what looked like a police badge and called out the victim's name, police said.

WSJ: NYPD: Merchant held for ransom, tortured for month

The tracks were still there, ending at the back of what looked like a warehouse.

NEWYORKER: Brooklyn Circle

Each electrode trailed a color-coded wire, which got plugged into what looked like a backgammon board.

NEWYORKER: Up All Night