She tapped him on the shoulder.

她拍了拍他的肩膀。

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Ralph tapped me on the shoulder.

拉尔夫轻轻地拍了拍我的肩膀。

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Someone tapped at the door.

有人轻轻叩门。

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So what does it mean to be French today? President Nicolas Sarkozy has tapped another French staple the love of debate to launch a three-month, national conversation on the subject.

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(Sound) Yves Leterme and his government were sworn into office by King Albert of Belgium Wednesday afternoon, less than a week after his predecessor, Herman Van Rompuy, was tapped to be the European Union's first permanent president.

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Finally, I played a song on my phone, then tapped it on a speaker which played the music.

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And Mamady Sidibe tapped home the second from a Matthew Etherington cross in first-half stoppage-time.

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But with Canadian household debt climbing recently, many analysts expect consumers here may be tapped out.

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