My godmother never gives me anything but a mingy ten shillings at christmas . 我的教母除了在圣诞节很吝啬地给我十个先令外，什么也不给我。
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Because when i feel the human world is doomed , has doomed itself by its own mingy beastliness , then i feel the colonies aren t far enough “因为当我觉得人类的卑鄙到了无可救药的时候，我便觉得殖民地并不怎么远。甚至月亮也并不怎么远。
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They re the mingiest set of ladylike snipe ever invented : full of conceit of themselves , frightened even if their boot - laces aren t correct , rotten as high game , and always in the right 他们都是一些女性的可怜虫，虚荣而骄傲，甚至鞋带松了也要大惊小怪的。他们腐烂的象猫兽的肉，而且常常是自以为对的。
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They were a mingy lot . he laughed suddenly . the colonel used to say : lad , the english middle classes have to chew every mouthful thirty times because their guts are so narrow , a bit as big as a pea would give them a stoppage 他突然笑了起来， “上校常常说：孩子哟，英国的中等级的人每口东西都得咀嚼三十回，因为，他们的食道太狭，只要一粒小豆子便要把他们窒塞。
