Isn't that like trying to maintain a smile at your wedding reception while some relative gives a toast that amounts to "marriage is hard work”?

这是不是就像你在你的婚宴上试图保持微笑，而一些亲戚给你敬酒，相当于告诉你“婚姻是件苦差事”？

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They put some rice into a pot of water and left it to boil while they made the French toast.

他们在一锅水中放了一些大米，然后让它煮着就去做法式吐司了。

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While firms in America's most dangerous industries would love to toast a triumph of workplace safety in the 21st century, there's no escaping the fact that fewer jobs, in general, existed last year.

美国最危险行业的那些企业肯定会吹嘘这是21世纪工作场所安全的胜利，但不回避的事实却是，去年的总体工作机会减少了。

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The elite, private schools, while not toast, have a tough future.

FORBES: Walmart State College

Does the toast turn over while falling?

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The rillettes in a potted-duck appetizer were packed tightly into a small glass jar and sealed with a thick layer of creamy, peppered lard for spreading on toast triangles, while a mammoth pork chop, marbled with luscious fat, tasted of buttered popcorn.

NEWYORKER: Allswell