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For most public schools, Columbus Day means a day off. But for Melissa Driscoll and her two daughters, there is no rest for the weary. Well, we're two Brownie troops, so we're gonna, err, go to Agnes

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What did you think of that costume? Cinna raises one eyebrow at me. Be honest. You mean after I got over my fear of being burned alive? I ask. Big laugh. A real one from the audience. Yes. Start then, says Caesar. Cinna, my friend, I should tell him

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But BEING PAID,what will compare with it?The urbane activity with which a man receives money is really marvellous, considering that we so earnestly believe money to be the root of all earthly ills,and that on no account can a monied man enter heaven.

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Nevertheless, not three days previous, Bildad had told them that no profane songs would be allowed on board the Pequod, particularly in getting under weigh; and Charity, his sister, had placed a small choice copy of Watts in each seaman's berth. 水手

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Aye, aye, said Stubb, the second mate, Starbuck, there, is as careful a man as you'll find anywhere in this fishery. 啊，像斯达巴克这样的细心人，在捕鲸业中可以说是屡见不鲜的。这是二副斯塔布的评论。 But we shall

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How are your teeth? How often do you go to the dentist? Here is part of a poem by Pam Ayres. Oh, I wish Id looked after my teeth, And spotted the perils beneath, All the toffees I chewed, And the sweet sticky food, Oh, I wish Id looked after my teeth

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Nevertheless, not three days previous, Bildad had told them that no profane songs would be allowed on board the Pequod, particularly in getting under weigh; 虽然三天之前比勒达已经对他们说,在裴廓德号上,尤其是在开船的时候,不

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Aye, aye, said Stubb, the second mate, Starbuck, there, is as careful a man as you'll find anywhere in this fishery. 不错,不错,二副斯塔布说,斯达巴克嘛,象他这么细心的人,在这个捕鱼业中是随处都找得到的。 But we sha

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Stubb was the second mate. He was a native of Cape Cod; and hence, according to local usage, was called a Cape-Cod-man. 斯塔布是二副。他是科德角人;因此,按照当地的习惯,人家都管他叫科德角佬。 A happy-go-lucky; neither c

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