When my children say they will leave me in peace if I let them go to the pictures, it is little short of extortion.

我的孩子们说,除非我让他们去看电影,否则不让我安宁, 这和敲诈勒索没什么两样.

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They often go to the pictures.

她们经常去看电影.

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We don't often go to the pictures.

我们不常到电影院看电影.

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He was done up like a dog's dinner just to go to the pictures.

就为去参加画展,她穿得花哨了点.

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She was dressed up like a dog's dinner just to go to the pictures.

就为去看电影她也穿得这般花哨.

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