With entertainments and parties, the hours, the days, the weeks passed like lightning.

在娱乐和聚会中，一个钟头又一个钟头，一天又一天，一个星期又一个星期，像闪电似地过去了。

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A thought shot like lightning through Tom's brain.

汤姆的脑子里像闪电一般闪过一个念头。

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Gretel, ran like lightning to Hansel, opened his little stable, and cried: "Hansel, we are saved!"

格莱特闪电般奔向汉赛尔，打开他的小马厩，喊道：“汉赛尔，我们得救了！”

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In May,German forces struck like lightning through Belgium and Holland.

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While waiting in line, real-life Cars characters like Lightning McQueen, Mater and DJ come to life.

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As if on cue, several more turn up, and they spend the next hour playing and diving like lightning to hunt for fish.

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The biggest problem may be that such improved awareness evolves at a normal steady pace, but the crises that lurk ahead strike like lightning.

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