It was the greatest hope of the local people that god would send them a timely rain to hold off and extinguish the great fire . only then could they rebuild their homes , and the firefighters who had been battling hard with the fire would have a chance to catch their breath 当地居民希望老天早日降下甘霖，能够控制火势扑灭大火，让灾民早日得以重建家园，也让辛苦与大火搏斗的消防人员得以有喘息的机会。
If the lakers opening month schedule has been described across the league as one of the most difficult , december certainly brings little reprieve as l . a . will play nine of 14games against team that currently sport a record of . 500 or better 如果说湖人开季第一个月的赛程被称为是全联盟最恐怖的赛程之一的话，那么12月的赛程则能给湖人一点喘息的机会，他们在14场的比赛中有9场将对阵目前胜率达到或超过50 %的球队。
Although the number of colleagues taken sick has increased , the rate of increase has slowed down . we hope the situation can be stabilised so that we can chart our way forward and allow colleagues to plan ahead . so this is the arrangement that we are going to put in place 其中一个考虑是因为我们看到，虽然现时的患病员工人数目正在增加，但有迹象显示增加的速度并不太快，希望在情况稳定后，我们可以因应情况再处理，亦可以让同事有喘息的机会。
They would give nikolay no peace and no respite , and those who had shown pity for the old man , who was responsible for their losses if they really had lost money by him , were now ruthless in their persecution of the young heir , who was obviously guiltless as far as they were concerned , and had voluntarily undertaken to pay them 那些原来可怜老伯爵似乎他使他们受到损失就算受过损失的人，现在却不肯放宽尼古拉的还债期限，也不给他喘息的机会，现在也毫不留情地向那个显然没欠他们帐却自愿承担债务的年轻人逼债。
