Coming out of the final bend, the runner stepped up a gear to overtake the rest of the pack.
赛跑者绕过最后一个弯道后开始加速,以图超越同组的其他选手。
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When Thomas had eaten all the cherries, his father said to him, "My dear son, if you had bent down earlier to pick up that horseshoe, it would not have been necessary for you to bend so many times for the cherries."