She had to admit to herself that on many occasions when she and Petunia quarreled, her sister, though older, was usually the one to comeoffworse.
她不得不承认每次和佩妮吵架,尽管佩妮比她大,却总是下场比她惨。
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Whichever way you look at it, women comeoffworse, especially if you take into account that they are more likely to wake up in response to children crying.
无论你从哪种角度看此问题,女人对水面更易受影响。尤其是当你考虑到他们更可能被哭喊的孩子吵醒。
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Worse may be to come: property prices are only 22% off their 2008 peak.