For a while she dozed fitfully.

她断断续续地小睡了片刻。

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I took her classes for her while she was sick.

她生病时我为她代课。

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Her parents died while she was still at school.

她还在读书时父母就去世了。

《牛津词典》

She made each hand as an example to students while she was teaching a class on drawing using free-motion embroidery.

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Would she have imagined that the world famous whatever remembered how many strings were on the lyre on the bench beside the girl on the label of the cigar box he'd stated at in the tool shed at age ten while she, age eleven.

她能想象到这个世界闻名的诸如此类的人,竟然记得当她11岁，他10岁时在工具间里盯着看的,那雪茄盒上的标签上的姑娘身边,长椅上的竖琴有几根弦吗。

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One possible explanation, the dualist, that's the ghost of your mother, immaterial soul that she is, communicating to you while you're asleep.

一个可能的解释,二元论者会说,那是你妈妈的鬼魂,她是一个非物质的灵魂,在你睡觉的时候跟你交流

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While she applied to competitions for startups, organizers rejected her in favor of technology firms.

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While she was living in Florida, Heist worked some small jobs under the table.

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Hermann countered that, while she was a "super intense" coach, she was never abusive.

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