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Britain did not introduce compulsory primary education until 1880.

直到1880年，英国才开始实行初等义务教育。

The cabdriver took them on a circuitous route to the police station.

出租车司机载着他们绕了个大圈才到警察局。

Chinese waiters stood in a cluster, sharing a private joke.

华人服务生们站在一起，讲着只有他们自己才懂的笑话。

Sometimes things have to fall apart to make way for better things.

有时候要到达谷底，才会慢慢变好。

Only with mass direct action will we obtain such change.

只有采取大规模直接行动，我们才会取得这样的改变。

The story starts back in 1950, when I was five.

故事可以追溯到1950年，那时我才5岁。

The brothers usually roll into their studio around midday.

兄弟几个总是要到正午前后才姗姗来到工作室。

For all this I have only you to thank.

这一切我都得感谢你才是。

She was only six and still missing her front teeth.

她才6岁，门牙还没长出来。

It transpired that Paolo had left his driving licence at home.

后来才知道保罗把驾照忘在家里了。

They have been given college scholarships purely on athletic ability.

他们完全是凭体育特长才获得了大学奖学金。

His life was saved by a quarter-inch-thick bullet-proof steel screen.

多亏一块1/4英寸厚的防弹钢板，他才捡了条命。

Normally, such an outward display of affection is reserved for his mother.

通常，只有在母亲面前他的情感才会如此外露。

Only the achievement of these goals will bring lasting peace.

只有达成这些目标才会带来持久的和平。

They were spotted after three hours adrift in a dinghy.

他们在小舢板上漂浮了3个小时后才被发现。