She began buying and devouring newspapers when she was only 12.
她才12岁时，就开始买报纸并如饥似渴地阅读。
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When Colin held forth under his tree old Ben fixed devouring eyes on him and kept them there.
当科林在他的树下伸出手来的时候，老本贪婪地盯着他，并一直盯着他。
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It may not have been ladylike to depict a giant spider devouring a hummingbird, but when Merian did it at the turn of the 18th century, surprisingly, nobody objected.