and I think we did all we could in order to bring this into a situation which is tolerable,".

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Is this tolerable for you guys, bright and early in the morning like this?

你们受不受得了,这么早来上课呢

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He points out that in the 1798 edition of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, biscuit worms had gotten into the hard-tack, so naturally, he says, "The particular kind of albatross that the mariner shot, I am told, makes a very tolerable broth."

他说在1798年版的《老水手之歌》,给信天翁的食物已然腐烂，所以他自然的认为，“水手们,杀死的信天翁，做成的汤味道不错“

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