A great deal of work had been done in dog days.

大量的工作都是在酷热的暑天做的。

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I can do nothing except for swimming in dog days.

在三伏天，我除了游泳之外什么也干不了。

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These are the dog days; watermelons are just in season.

现在是伏天，西瓜正当令。

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Authorities searched for any signs of Emerson on Sunday in Forsyth County, Georgia, where the woman's dog was found in a grocery store parking lot three days after her disappearance.

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