21. | The refugees are badly off for blankets, and even worse off for food. |
| 难民需要毯子,更需要食物。
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22. | The cat had not been fed for weeks and was just a bag of bones. |
| 那只猫已有几个星期没喂食了,简直成了皮包骨。
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23. | I'm baking Alex a birthday cake/baking a birthday cake for Alex. |
| 我正在给阿列克斯烤生日蛋糕。
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24. | He wanted 800 for the car but I beat him down (to 600). |
| 他那辆汽车要价óG800英镑,而我杀低了价(到óG600英镑)。
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25. | She's training for the bar. |
| 她正在接受当律师的培训。
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26. | It's barefaced robbery asking such a high price for that old bicycle! |
| 那辆旧自行车要价如此之高真是无耻的敲诈!
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27. | The bargain they reached with their employers was to reduce their wage claim in return for a shorter working week. |
| 他们与雇主达成的协议是他们在工资方面降低要求,但每周工时要缩短。
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28. | She used her family's history as a base for her novel. |
| 她把她一家人的经历作为她小说的蓝本。
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29. | The problem has been bothering me for weeks. |
| 那问题已经困扰了我几个星期。
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30. | He had the brass to ask his boss for a 20% pay rise. |
| 他厚着脸皮要求老板给他增加20%的工资。
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