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工程师大拇指案 18被砍掉的大拇指(4)
I glanced at the books upon the table, and in spite of my ignorance of German 我瞧着桌子上的书，尽管我不懂德文， I could see that two of them were treatises on science, the others being volumes of poetry. 我还是看出其中有两本
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工程师大拇指案 19被砍掉的大拇指(5)
Suddenly, without any preliminary sound in the midst of the utter stillness, the door of my room swung slowly open. 突然，在这极度寂静之中，事先没有听到一点响声，我房间的门慢慢地打开了。 The woman was standing in th
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工程师大拇指案 20被砍掉的大拇指(6)
But I am somewhat headstrong by nature, and the more ready to engage in an affair when there is some obstacle in the way. 但是我这个人天生有点固执，在从事某项工作而遇到阻碍时，就会更加坚持不懈。 I thought of my fif
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工程师大拇指案 21被砍掉的大拇指(7)
The newcomers were Colonel Lysander Stark and a short thick man with a chinchilla beard growing out of the creases of his double chin, 进来的是莱桑德斯塔克上校和一个身材矮胖、双下巴的褶痕上长着栗鼠胡须的人。 who wa
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工程师大拇指案 22被砍掉的大拇指(8)
I tried to put on as unconcerned an air as possible, but I had not forgotten the warnings of the lady, 我尽量摆出一副不在意的姿态，但是我并没有忘记那位夫人的警告， even though I disregarded them, and I kept a keen eye up
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工程师大拇指案 23被砍掉的大拇指(9)
I took the lamp from him, and I examined the machine very thoroughly. 我从他手里拿过灯，非常彻底地检查那机器。 It was indeed a gigantic one, and capable of exercising enormous pressure. 这确实是一台庞大的机器，能够产生
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工程师大拇指案 24被砍掉的大拇指(10)
The walls were of wood, but the floor consisted of a large iron trough, 房间的墙壁是木头做的，但是地板却是由一个大铁槽构成的。 and when I came to examine it I could see a crust of metallic deposit all over it. 当我开始察
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工程师大拇指案 25被砍掉的大拇指(11)
And then suddenly in the silence I heard a sound which sent my heart into my mouth. 这时，在寂静之中，我突然听到了一种声音，这声音一下子使我急得心都要跳出来了。 It was the clank of the levers and the swish of the
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工程师大拇指案 26被砍掉的大拇指(12)
I have said that though the floor and ceiling were of iron, the walls were of wood. 我曾经说过，虽然房顶和地板是铁的，墙壁却是木头的。 As I gave a last hurried glance around, I saw a thin line of yellow light between two of t
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工程师大拇指案 27被砍掉的大拇指(13)
'Come! come!' she cried breathlessly. 'They will be here in a moment. '快！快！'她上气不接下气地喊着，'他们马上要到这里来了。 They will see that you are not there. Oh, do not waste the so- precious time, but come!' 他们会发
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工程师大拇指案 28被砍掉的大拇指(14)
As she spoke a light sprang into view at the further end of the passage, 就在她说话的时候，过道的尽头处闪现着灯光， and I saw the lean figure of Colonel Lysander Stark rushing forward 我看到莱桑德斯塔克上校急步奔来的
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工程师大拇指案 29被砍掉的大拇指(15)
I was shaken but not hurt by the fall; so I picked myself up and rushed off among the bushes as hard as I could run, 我只是震动了一下，并没有摔伤，我急忙站了起来，拼着命冲到矮树丛中， for I understood that I was far f
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工程师大拇指案 30被砍掉的大拇指(16)
Half dazed, I went into the station and asked about the morning train. 我昏昏沉沉地走进车站，打听早班火车的时间。 There would be one to Reading in less than an hour. 知道一小时内将有一班开往雷丁的火车。 The same
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工程师大拇指案 30实地调查(1)
We both sat in silence for some little time after listening to this extraordinary narrative. 听完这段不寻常的叙述之后，我们两个人沉默地坐了好一会儿。 Then Sherlock Holmes pulled down from the shelf one of the ponderous com
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工程师大拇指案 31实地调查(2)
Some three hours or so afterwards we were all in the train together, bound from Reading to the little Berkshire village. 大约过了三个小时，我们一起上了火车，从雷丁出发前往伯克郡的小村子。 There were Sherlock Holmes, t
