一段短短的楼梯通向一个宽敞的门道。

A short flight of steps led to a grand doorway.

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在短短的一段时间内，一群完全不为人知的人已始创了一种新式幽默。

Within a short space of time a group of complete unknowns had established a wholly original form of humour.

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在短短的几年里，他让杂志改头换面。

In a few short years, he turned the magazine on his head.

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They saw certain patterns or certain ways of elaborating patterns that the teachers were talking about and, lo and behold, the fifty minutes was over and everybody had had a pretty good time.

他们听着老师以某一种,特别的方式进行讲解，瞧，短短的五十分钟很快就过去了！,而且每个人都听得很开心。

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And so in theory after just 2 or 3 steps you were in order of magnitude farther along in this counting process than I would be because I'd still be on person literally 3 or 4.

因此从理论上说,经过这样短短的两三个步骤,你们就有了分级次序，比我数数快多了,因为我才数到第三四个人。

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And the butterfly does appear in just one moment, and it's during the tennis scene. As Humbert and Lolita play, there is one butterfly that flits between them. It's a mark of their equality as artists in that moment.

那蝴蝶曾经在短短的一瞬出现过，那是,在那个打网球的场景里，当亨伯特和洛丽塔打球的时候，一只,蝴蝶从他们中间飞过，它标志着他们在那个时刻是艺术家。

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