The wine would freeze on the way from the kitchen through-- it is sad--to the big dining hall.

从厨房到宴会厅 酒全部都上冻了,这真糟糕,宽敞的舞会厅就这么成摆设了

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They were coming home from high school but I had no time now for thoughts like that and promised myself a ball in Denver.

她们正从高中放学回家，但我没工夫想那些,想着到丹佛再去一场舞会便是。

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These ornate masquerades and charades that are part of his complexity reveal something about his identity.

这些华丽的化装舞会和猜谜游戏,揭露了他复杂个性中的一部分

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And then, on the top of 3, we get another example: "In other words we've got to get on the ball, darling, what I'm saying, otherwise it'll be fluctuating and lack of true knowledge or crystallization of our plans."

然后，在第三页上面，又有一个例子：,换句话说我们必须去这个舞会，亲爱的，我是说，不然就会变得波动又缺少真知识,或使我们的计划结晶化“

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He liked to masquerade.

他喜欢去化装舞会

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If Hughes is correct, this is part of him saying that being a czar is more than just dressing up, and playing the role, and going to fancy dances, and hanging around with fancy people who don't do a damn thing.

如果休斯是对的,他的这一部分性格说明了,作为沙皇不仅仅要衣着华丽,扮演沙皇的角色 参加华丽的舞会,和贵族上层一起消磨时光,整日无所事事

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