Coming out of the final bend, the runner stepped up a gear to overtake the rest of the pack.

赛跑者绕过最后一个弯道后开始加速，以图超越同组的其他选手。

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She said nothing in case her temper slipped out of gear.

她什么都没说，免得按捺不住情绪。

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Of course, no one sets out casually to equip a 1982 linens delivery truck with tonnes of printing gear.

当然，没人会轻易地开着一辆1982年产运麻布的皮卡，装上几吨重的印刷设备就出发远行的。

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They look like an extra-large version of the World War Two jeep, but enclosed, with small blast-proof windows, a protected machine gun position on top and a variety of high-tech gear inside and out.

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The company overhauled many of Conroe's wells, and put in new fluid-handling gear--important considering that what was coming out of the ground averaged just 2% oil to 98% water.

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He's talking about waves of creative destruction--where huge technological leaps lead to ripping out billions of dollars of old gear and replacing it with billions in new gear, which Matthews is ever ready to sell.

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It backed out of a plan to buy networking-gear maker 3Com in 2007 when the deal faced opposition form a U.S. security panel.

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