Spending a night in jail was his road to Damascus.

在监狱里度过的一夜彻底改变了他的人生观。

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She spent a year in jail.

她坐了一年牢。

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He picked a fight with a waiter and landed in jail.

他找茬儿和服务员打架，结果锒铛入狱。

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In nineteen ninety-three, he spent one year in jail on a drunk driving charge.

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Suppose they have a written contract, or even an unwritten contract, what enforces the contract for colluding firms or crooks in jail?

假如他们签了一份书面协议,或干脆口头的,他们怎么强制履行呢

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He was so jealous that he threw him in the slammer, threw him in jail and confiscated it.

路易十四非常嫉妒,就把他投入了监狱,把他关进牢房,还把他的城堡没收了

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Now her brother faces 14 years in jail on tax charges filed this month.

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She must now sell two properties she owns or face an extra four years in jail.

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Thrice he was caught, spending a mandatory 72 hours in jail each time .

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