See while in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "The low sweet humming sound went on, sometimes stopping for a little while and then beginning again.",
"translation": "その低くて甘い響きのブーンという音は、ときどき少しのあいだ止まったり再び始まったりしながら、鳴り続いた。"
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"text": "その低くて甘い響きのブーンという音は、ときどき少しのあいだ止まったり再び始まったりしながら、鳴り続いた。"
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"text": "After a while, with the parrot's help, the Doctor got to learn the language of the animals so well that he could talk to them himself and understand everything they said.",
"translation": "しばらくすると、オウムの助けを借りてドクターは、自力で動物たちと話して彼らのしゃべる内容も全部分かるほどに動物の言葉を上手に習得できました。"
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"text": "しばらくすると、オウムの助けを借りてドクターは、自力で動物たちと話して彼らのしゃべる内容も全部分かるほどに動物の言葉を上手に習得できました。"
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"text": "\"I saw Baby Betty's curly head in the garden a while ago,\" said big sister Sue.",
"translation": "「さっき庭でベティ赤ちゃんの巻き毛の頭を見たよ」と姉のスーが言いました。"
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"text": "「さっき庭でベティ赤ちゃんの巻き毛の頭を見たよ」と姉のスーが言いました。"
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"text": "その低くて甘い響きのブーンという音は、ときどき少しのあいだ止まったり再び始まったりしながら、鳴り続いた。"
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"text": "After a while, with the parrot's help, the Doctor got to learn the language of the animals so well that he could talk to them himself and understand everything they said.",
"translation": "しばらくすると、オウムの助けを借りてドクターは、自力で動物たちと話して彼らのしゃべる内容も全部分かるほどに動物の言葉を上手に習得できました。"
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"text": "しばらくすると、オウムの助けを借りてドクターは、自力で動物たちと話して彼らのしゃべる内容も全部分かるほどに動物の言葉を上手に習得できました。"
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"text": "\"I saw Baby Betty's curly head in the garden a while ago,\" said big sister Sue.",
"translation": "「さっき庭でベティ赤ちゃんの巻き毛の頭を見たよ」と姉のスーが言いました。"
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"text": "「さっき庭でベティ赤ちゃんの巻き毛の頭を見たよ」と姉のスーが言いました。"
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