Throughout my conversation with the deputy head, two small teenage girls in threadbare school uniforms sat watching from a brick wall by the playground.

在我与那位副校长的谈话过程中，两名小女孩穿着破旧的校服，坐在操场旁边的砖墙看着我们。

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And so on a Wednesday evening, I went to Mr. Feinberg's office, which is almost threadbare compared with most of his peers' temples of wood-paneled walls and platinum-plated bathroom fixtures.

所以在某个周三的晚上，我来到费伯格先生看起来有点寒酸的办公室，而与他身份相同的人都拥有实木墙面、镀白金洗手间的豪华办公室。

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With a United squad looking suddenly threadbare, and a vintage manager due for retirement himself before too long, United supporters cannot help but see parallels between Stretford and Florida.

看到远在佛罗里达的兄弟球队沦落到如此落魄地步，曼联的支持者也顿生寒意：球队阵容好像突然间变得不整起来，弗爵爷也快到了退休的年纪了，以后在哪去找这么好的教练去？

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Even Bhutto applauded when he binned the law that had allowed the president to dismiss a PM with the most threadbare of excuses -- usually at the behest of the military.

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We're not as much of a fan of the threadbare 16GB of storage that's supposedly in the cards, though, even with a new Android 4.1.2 build in store.

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With the clock running down, Braga won a free kick and Matheus thundered a shot past a threadbare defensive wall and the ball dipped under the crossbar to leave an embarrassed Zaluska flapping at thin air.

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