| 21. | He came within an inch of being struck by falling tile. |
| 他差点儿被落下的瓦片打着。
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| 22. | We came within an inch of death. |
| 我们差一点丧命。
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| 23. | The prizefighter was beaten to within an inch of his life. |
| 那个职业拳击手被打得奄奄一息。
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| 24. | The continued drought has parched almost every inch of the ground. |
| 持续的干旱几乎使每寸土地都焦干了。
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| 25. | Great crowds thronged [swarmed] every inch of the route. |
| 沿途每一处都挤满了许多人。
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| 26. | It passes human comprehension what the one hundred-thousandth of an inch really means. |
| 人们无法理解那十万分之一英寸究竟有多长。
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| 27. | The rate of the river's deposit of mud is about one inch a year. |
| 这条河的泥沙沉积速度是1年1英寸左右。
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| 28. | At the moment, they cover every inch of floor space and I actually have to walk on them to get in or out of the room. |
| 这会儿，书把地板的每一点空隙都占据了，我实际上是踩着这些书进出房间的。
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| 29. | Give him an inch and he will take a yard. |
| 【谚】得寸进尺。
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| 30. | This mountain is 1 685 meters high, if an inch . |
| 这座上足有1 685米高。
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