We eventually wound up staying in a little hotel a few miles from town.
我们最后在离城几英里的一家小旅馆里落脚。
"This really is a catching rhythm, huh?" he added, with a few little hops.
“这节奏可真有感染力，是吧？”他补充说道，单脚小步跳了几下。
On the other hand, the Sun was a scanty sheet providing little more than minor diversions; few today would call it a newspaper at all.
另一方面，《太阳报》一片贫瘠，除了小小的消遣之外，没有什么可提供的；如今几乎没有人会管它叫报纸。
Two weeks ago, on a hot summer afternoon, I was about to cross a little busy road when I noticed an old grandpa with a heavy bag on his back just a few meters from me.
两周前，一个炎热的夏天的下午，我正要穿过一条有点繁忙的马路，这时我注意到一位背着一个沉重的包的老爷爷就在离我几米远的地方。
We can pay a little on the farm and maybe put a few dollars down on the tractor, too.
我们可以花一点钱在农场上，也许还可以买台拖拉机。
Hundreds of occupational surnames are at once familiar to us, or at least recognizable after a little thought: Archer, Carter, Fisher, Mason, Thatcher, Taylor, to name but a few.
数以百计的职业姓氏对我们来说曾经是熟悉的，或者至少稍加思考就能辨认出来：阿切尔、卡特、费雪、梅森、撒切尔、泰勒等等。
In the 1940s, villagers in Shashiyu had little food and few clothes, but they had a strong wish for a better life.
20世纪40年代，沙石峪村的村民食物匮乏，衣服不足，但他们强烈渴望过上一个更好的生活。
I climbed to the top of a small rise and realised that the mist was little more than a few feet deep, and though it was only a short climb, I found myself completely above it and looking at a wonderfully clear view of Skiddaw with the sun setting in the west.
我爬到一个小山坡的顶部，发现薄雾只有几英尺深，虽然只是小段的攀登，但我发现自己完全位于雾气的上方，伴着夕阳西下，我看到了斯基多峰非常清晰的景色。
Then a few days before, the child had begged again, so the mom finally told her little girl, "Well, I'll let you keep a cat if it falls from the sky."
几天前，孩子又哀求了一次，所以妈妈最后告诉女儿：“好吧，如果猫从天上掉下来，我就让你养猫。
Banksy, the British guerrilla artist, has already sprayed the wall with a few of his ironic creations (my favorite: a little girl in a pink frock frisking an armed soldier).
英国街头艺术家Banksy已经在墙上喷涂了很多具有讽刺意味的作品(笔者最喜爱的作品是一个穿着粉红色连衣裙的小女孩在对一名全副武装的士兵进行搜身)。
175 years and a few months ago, a landing party rowed into this little bay.
175年零几个月前（这句翻译，我是套用我们常说的“几年零几个月”而翻，但是估计是数字比较大，念起来感觉怪怪的），登陆小分队划船驶进这个小港湾里。
This will buy you water, maybe a little food, and the silence of a few people on board.
这些将用来买你的水、也许一点点吃的，此外封住船上的几张嘴。
Interestingly, there have been a few "vegetarian Atkins diet" studies published recently, which is a little like putting lipstick on a pork rind...
有趣的是，最近发行了一些关于“素食的食肉节食法”研究，这有点像是在猪皮上涂口红。
The result is almost a kind of magic — by following a few simple rules, a J2EE application can automatically gain transactional semantics with little or no additional component code.
结果简直是一种魔术—通过遵守几条简单的规则，J2EE应用程序就可以自动获得事务性语义，只需极少或根本不需要额外的组件代码。
Usually Gus would bring his harmonica and, after talking for a little while, they'd play a few songs together.
通常盖斯会带着他的口琴，在聊了一会儿以后，他们会一起演奏几首歌。
A few discussions, a few exchanges of ideas and a little tweaking here and there can make the difference between a satisfied client and one who is not!
做一些讨论、构思的交换和到处的一些小调整会在满意的客户和不满意的客户之间产生差别。
Outside of a few news reports and a few experts weighing in, little has been written about it.
除了知道一些报道和一些参与人外，关于这方面的报道很少。
With a little refinement and experimentation, I expect that a few percent more reduction could be obtained.
经过一些改进和实验，我期望能获得几个百分点的降低。
After a short walk though, I wandered over to the museum, which is a large, three story building, with a small open air display of a few statues in the building's little garden.
在一番简短的漫步之后，我惊异于眼前的博物馆：一座巨大的三层楼建筑，在它面前的小花园中露天展出着一些雕塑。
We are going to end up with a little moon-dust and a few stones which will be put behind glass in some museum.
我们最后的收获将是一点月尘和几块石头，把它们放在某个博物馆的玻璃后面展览。
Can't you spare just a few minutes for making your mind and life a little calmer, with less fear and worries?
难道你不想花几分钟来让你的精神和生活多一分镇定，少一分害怕和烦恼吗？
But there are a few things we may want to consider before going on a spending spree because there's a little change in our pockets.
然而，在你享受购物乐趣之前，有些事情需要认真考虑。这是因为，你的口袋已经有所改变。
I took the liberty of calling the Colonel a few days ago and visiting with him a little.
几天前我自作主张地给上校打了个电话，也去拜访了他一下。
For desserts which require more body, continue beating a few seconds more until the cream is a little bit stiffer and forms soft peaks.
如果要制作蓬松型的甜点，那就再多搅打一会儿，直至奶油有点发硬，能够形成一个软的尖角。
I was telling this story to an interviewer a few years later when he asked, "Don't you feel a little funny?"
几年后我向一个面试官讲了这个故事。他问道：“你难道不觉得很好笑吗？”
It's amazing what a little time and a few billion dollars can do.
一点时间加上几十亿美元的能量真可谓惊人。
There are a few strategies you can use to make bad tasting tasks a little more pleasant.
你可以利用一些计策使无聊的事情变得更加有趣一点。
There are a few strategies you can use to make bad tasting tasks a little more pleasant.
你可以利用一些计策使无聊的事情变得更加有趣一点。
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