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• This bit of work can easily be finished in a couple of days .
  这点活有个两三天就干完了。
• They hurried along, a couple of dozen yards perhaps .
  他们赶了过去，大约有二、三十步路。
• I zipped through all of the books in a couple of days .
  我一连几天，飞快地浏览了这些书。
• If she lasts a couple of hours, i shall be surprised .
  她要是能拖上两个小时，我将非常吃惊。
• A couple of old country boys are having a wild and woolly time .
  几个乡下来的青年狂欢作乐一番。
• We wound off a couple of yards of wire for a new lamp flex .
  我们解开几码电线作为新的电灯花线。
• He let a couple of golden apples roll out from under the barrel .
  他使两个黄橙橙的苹果从桶底滚了出来。
• When the meeting was over, a couple of us went out to play golf .
  会议结束后，我们几个人去打高尔夫球。
• Pug prepared a couple of highballs to toast the news of his promotion .
  帕格调了两杯苏打威士忌来庆祝他晋升的消息。
• We were forced to shut down our jefferson avenue plant for a couple of days .
  我们不得不把杰逊大道的工厂停工了一两天。