The structures, once a part of the towering mainland cliffs, now sit about 80 feet (24 meters) high and 20 feet (6 meters) wide in the midst of crashing waves.

这个构造以前是在悬崖峭壁上，现在则是在海中接受着海浪的冲击，大约80英尺（24米）高，20英尺（6米）宽。

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This was the first time he had ever suggested doing an errand, but, somehow, the wish to sit about the house prompted it as a sort of compensation for the privilege.

主动提出要做点家务事，这在他还是第一次，然而不知怎么地，他想坐在家里的愿望促使他这样说，作为享受坐在家里的权利的某种补偿。

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I wish I could just sit about and dream.

我要是能闲坐着做梦该多好。

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And I tend to sit down and improvise. Within those improvisations certain motives and ideas will come about that I like."

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That is to say, plays, in which various characters sit around or stand around and argue about philosophical positions.

即,以戏剧为表现方式,其间各种人物悠闲地或坐或站,集聚一块儿,探讨各种哲学观点

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I don't want to be told that I could sit here for the rest of my life just sort of parsing one sentence. Don't tell me about that.

我可不想坐在这里学一辈子,就为了解读一个句子的意思，千万别这么告诉我。

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Yet most men in the state system still sign on each day, even if they sit about.

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The usual rule of thumb for screen size, by the way, is that you should sit about 2.5 times as far away from your TV as the diagonal measurement of the screen.

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You just sit about.

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