Hours of feverish activity lay ahead. The tents had to be erected, the stalls set up.
长达数小时紧张忙乱的活动就在前面,帐篷要支起来,摊位要搭起来。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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Right before me lay the very scene which could really be commanded from that situation, but exalted, as was usual, and solemnized by the power of dreams.