I don't know how he's going to get on in life.

我不知道他将如何出人头地。

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Such, then, is the way things stand: on the left angry critics, on the right stupid supporters, and in the middle, as usual, the majority of earnest people trying to get on in life.

那么，事情就是这样的：左翼是愤怒的批评者，右翼是愚蠢的支持者，而中间一如既往地是大多数努力在生活中取得成功的勤恳人士。

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You might as well erect a house without bricks and cement as try to get on in life without education.

没有砖和水泥不能建房子，不受教育也不能立足社会。

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In 2001:A Space Odyssey, we get some kind of indication that there's life on another planet.

太空漫游,一些迹象表明,另一个星球上有生命存在

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Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg said he wanted to help "every family to get on in life".

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Only the Liberal Democrats will build a stronger economy and a fairer society, enabling everyone to get on in life.

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The Liberal Democrats were "building a stronger economy, in a fairer society, enabling every person to get on in life", he added.

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