Adams took a succession of jobs which have stood him in good stead.

亚当斯做了一连串对他很有利的工作。

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He had a violent sort of good faith which took everything in the lump.

他有一种大口吞下一切的鲁莽自信的劲儿。

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By this time he had lost his reputation, which did not trouble him, but he took very good care of the child.

这时，他已声名扫地，但他并不因此而烦恼，还是悉心照看孩子。

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Mr Putin described the new acting finance minister, the rarely heard of former deputy Anton Siluanov, as a "good, strong specialist", which investors immediately took to mean he would tow the party line and as such be a safe bet for the Russian leaders during the upcoming election season.

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With the game seemingly petering out to provide a satisfactory share of the spoils for each side, Brazil substitute Ramires broke from the script and struck a shot from 25 yards in injury-time which took a deflection and was goalbound until Eduardo intervened with a good one-handed save to preserve Portugal's 100% clean-sheet record in the tournament.

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The lingering question, to which nobody seems to have a good answer, is why it took so long to find an object that ought to be fairly common.

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