He had crept up on his unsuspecting victim from behind.

他从背后悄悄逼近了那毫无戒备的受害者。

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She crept up and thrust her head into the oven.

她爬起来，把头塞进烤箱。

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What if it slithered through the window, instead crept up behind him, and struck him with its venomous fangs?

如果它从窗户进来，爬到他身后，用毒牙攻击他，那该怎么办呢？

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And after several months of decline, gas prices crept up by 10 cents in July.

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"It's crept up on its five-year record rather than slam dunk, " Mr. Mackintosh says.

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Jim Elder says the premiums crept up slowly at first and then more dramatically.

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