He gazed and gazed and gulped a lump down his throat and did not say a word.

他盯着看了又看，哽咽了一下，一句话也没说。

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So a Snickers bar would go down much better than a lump of cheddar.

因此对于它来说一块士力架要比一大块切达奶酪要好得多。

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He turned the light of a lantern on her; immediately she dropped down like a falling star, and changed into a lump of jelly. She was dead.

他点起一盏灯，照着她；她立马像陨落的星星一样倒在地上，化成一滩浆水，死了。

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In either case, neither banking nor securities regulators seem to have a handle on these companies, which typically offer lump sums to down-on-their-luck military veterans and other retirees who are willing to forgo payments in exchange for a discounted lump sum.

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When the interest rate used to calculate a lump sum increases, the lump sum value goes down.

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