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get out , " said the drummer , lightly . " he hasn t called more than half a dozen times since we ve been here .
“别瞎说了，”推销员不在意地说，“从打我们住到这里起，他总共只来过五六次。”
She did not elaborate the 'Indian way' but it must include taking a holiday on half a dozen New Years Days!
她没有详尽阐述“印度的方式”，但它一定包括新年放六天假之类的细节。
In most cases, half a dozen of both units is all that is required to overcome most obstacles.
在大多数情况下，拥有各半打海豚和水翼艇就可以应付大多数阻碍了。
Any tourist could have written it-just a list of the usual show-places and half a dozen thumbnail portraits of local worthies .
这种东西任何游客都写得出——不过是一份寻常游览点的一览表和对当地五六位知名人士的简略描述。
He had come half a dozen times to call upon his sister.
他曾来过五六次看他的姐姐。
He dreamt of that man and half a dozen times he awakened just as he thought a kriss was being drawn across his throat.
他老是梦见那个人，他有六、七次都觉得有人在用马来短剑割他的脖子而惊醒了。
But by the end of the hour I found I had learnt at least half a dozen signs, more than enough to get me going with Tom back at home.
然而要结束的时候，我已经学了至少半打肢体动作，足够让我在回家后跟Tom交流了。
School districts in at least half a dozen other states have made similar decisions not to air the President's talk.
在美国其他几个州，至少有一半的学区也做出了相同的决定：不广播总统讲话。
In fact it was something of a sore point for me that I had not seen one after more than half a dozen trips to its range in Central America.
事实上，牠对我而言算是个得分点，我至少到过牠所分布的中美洲区域赏鸟五、六趟，却半只也没看到。
It was one of half a dozen such cases at schools across China in less than two months.
这是在短短不到两个月里6起发生在中国学校的类似案件中的一起。
Given the importance they claim, it's as if the British army consisted of half a dozen men and an officer.
尽管他们说得很重要，但这就好像英国陆军只有六个人和一位军官一样不可思议。
All this might explain why half a dozen financial and strategic buyers are said to be in early-stage talks.
所有这一切都能解释，为何据称有数家金融与战略买家与其展开了初期谈判。
and I met nearly half-a-dozen bullock-carts descending from the woods, each laden with a whole pine-tree for the winter's firing.
我遇到将近半打从山上树林里下来的牛车，每一车都装载着过冬烧火用的一棵完整的松树。
It has half-a-dozen branches of its own and a franchise serving multinationals.
它（在中国）拥有6家分支机构和专营跨国公司的网点。
They also had establishments with at least half a dozen alien civilizations, and that the remaining Nazis remain on the moon to this day.
至少建立了六个外星文明接触站，而那些纳粹残留势力至今仍然留在在月球之上。
It was rolled up and as she opened it half-a-dozen condoms fell out. The laughter was uproarious, but Kate was not amused.
救生衣卷了起来，当她打开的时候，六个安全套却掉了出来。大家都笑翻了天，她却显得很不高兴。
Neil also didn't find learning easy and had to read and re-read things half a dozen times before he understood what was written on the page.
尼尔还没有找到，而且容易学习阅读和重读事情做一半了十几遍才明白什么是网页上写的。
I cannot boast of knowing more than half a dozen, in the whole range of my acquaintance, that are really accomplished.
我不敢说大话；我认识很多女人，而真正多才多艺的实在不过半打。
However, only a fraction of his work survives, and no more than half a dozen pieces are really distinguished .
无论如何，热尔曼亲自做的作品只有一小部份被保留，而且可分辨的不超过半打。
The Marriott name (or one of its sister brands) graces more than 3, 000 hotels worldwide, but the company owns only half a dozen.
万豪酒店的品牌（或是它姊妹酒店的品牌）在全球拥有3000多家酒店，但该公司仅经营着大约几十个酒店。
He dreamt of that man and half a dozen times he awakened just as he thought a kriss was being drawn across his throat.
他老是梦见那个人，他有六、七次都觉得有人在用马来短剑割他的脖子而惊醒了。
He'll swear eternal devotion to half a dozen fair damsels, and ride away rejoicing, while they are left to weep upon one another's bosoms.
他会对半打美妙少女发誓始终不渝，然后无忧无虑地跑开，扔下她们抱作一团哭泣。
He also had a customer seeking to sell half a dozen Buddha statues which he had thought were gold, but were in fact brass.
他的另一位顾客则想卖掉半打佛像，顾客原以为是金的，但实际上是铜的。
Interrupting our discussion, the abbot is called upon to induct half a dozen more, the first new batch of this year.
我们的讨论被打断了，主持被叫去参加另外六七个入寺活动，这是今年的第一批。
Half a dozen policemen stood by as Ma, Zhou, and another dispossessed neighbor gathered to bash some tiles off the wall the other day.
前几天，当马，周以及其他邻居在围墙边集合发起拆墙行动时，有五六名警察在场。
We painted together every day. He presented me with half a dozen of his works, which are going to be in the exhibition.
我们每天一起画画，他给我看了半打他的画作，这些从未公诸于世过的作品，将会在这次画展中展出。
I do not know more half a dozen women that are truly accomplished.
我认识的真正称得上多才多艺的女士不超过个
"Mummy, " I am asked at least half a dozen times a day, "when can we go on the night train all the way back again? "
“妈妈，”孩子们每天至少要问我五六次，“我们什么时候可以再乘夜车回去啊？”
Well, I think everyone should commit to greeting at least half a dozen people a day with more than three sentences.
好吧，我认为每个人每天应该承诺用至少三句话问候至少三个人。
She had stuffed half a dozen of the absorptive pads into the wound and watched as they magically turned red.
她已经在伤口里塞进了十几片手术棉，可是转瞬间就全变红了。
The German sent a cruiser, shelled the bush, burned half a dozen villages, killed a couple of natives and a lot of pigs.
德国人派来一艘巡洋舰，炮击了丛林，烧毁了六、七个村落，打死两个土人和不少的猪。
By the end of the workshop, out walk half a dozen ducks waiting to turn into swans, ready for lunch.
在工作间的后部，一群等着家伙走了出来准备吃饭。
When couples were free to have half a dozen children, there was a natural mix of boys and girls.
当夫妇们都能自由生5、6个孩子的时候，男女性别比例就是自然产生的。
Within hours we knew that half a dozen of our friends had been hit, and that my dinner companion's retirement was over.
在之后几个小时里，我们知道半打朋友受到了冲击，而且我晚餐同伴的退休计划泡汤了。
Howard wasted no time in 1996 in getting rid of half a dozen department heads he thought were too close to the previous government.
霍华德没有浪费时间，在1996年摆脱半十多部主管，他认为过于接近上届政府。
He warns that at least half a dozen developers are in serious danger of defaulting on their bonds.
他警告称，至少有6家开发商面临严重的债券违约危险。
The lady took him by the hand, went into the store, and asked the clerk to get half a dozen pairs of socks for the boy.
小男孩回答说：“我在请求上帝给我一双鞋子。”妇人牵着他的手走进鞋店，让店员给男孩拿半打袜子。
One of the things that people have discussed over the past half a dozen years is why do players perform better for club than country?
在六年前，人们谈论为什么球员在俱乐部表现得比国家队好。
In her short time in office, more than half a dozen members of her staff have quit.
在她入职的短短时间里，她的职员中有超过一半的人辞职。
He mows lawns and gardens for half a dozen clients in Grafton, some of them family friends. And he is an active volunteer firefighter.
他为格拉夫顿六户人家修剪草坪和花园，他们中一些是父母的朋友，此外他还是个积极的义务消防员。
At least half-a-dozen states lay claim to an outcrop of islands in the South China Sea.
至少有6个国家宣称对南海的岛屿拥有主权。
but half a dozen good detective stories and a hotwater bottle will enable anyone to snap his fingers at the worst cold in the head.
但是半打好侦探故事和一壶热水可以保证任何人最着凉难受的时候打起响指。
