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• I had to wait a full hour for the bus .
  我等公共汽车足足等了一小时。
• There is a lot of flu going round at the moment .
  现在流感传染很广。
• He was surprised and blasted by a thought .
  有一个念头使他大为诧异。
• He was seized with a sudden idea to do sth.
  他突然勃发做某事的念头。
• You speak of living on the lid of a volcano .
  你谈到在火山口上生活。
• Hookins made a speech couched in a happy vein .
  霍金斯愉快地讲了话。