One girl hides behind a pillar; another, the one sitting atop the fountain, seems to flinch and cower.

一个女孩躲在了柱子的后面；坐在喷泉台子上的那个，似乎在退缩和畏缩。

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But I know that even so you would not ask us to flinch from doing our duty.

但即使这样，你们想必也不会要我们逃避责任。

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What a tribute to his ability not to flinch in the face of storm and stress!

这真是对他那面对暴风骤雨毫不畏缩的本领的大表扬！

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If this was the starting gun to a leadership challenge most MPs seemed to flinch with surprise at hearing it.

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The party to flinch first would be the one that is less certain of its esteem in the eyes of the electorate.

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Scottish taxpayers would be right to flinch at forking out much more.

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