1. He's offered us his villa by the sea for two weeks. The only problem is that we can only have it in February, which rather takes the gilt off the gingerbread.
他把海边的别墅让给我们住两个星期. 但是美中不足的是我们只能在二月份去, 这就有些扫兴了.
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2. The high taxes that I paid took the gilt off the gingerbread.
我缴付的高额税款除去了我大部分的收入.
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3. I wouldn't go halves in the toffee and gingerbread on purpose to save the money.
为了把钱省下来,我不肯把太妃糖和甜饼分给别人.
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4. Make anatomically correct gingerbread people and eat the best parts first.
做成解剖状的姜饼人,先吃掉最好的部分.
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5. For desert there's coffee, gingerbread cookies and plum pudding.
至于甜点方面,包括了咖啡 、 姜饼和干果布丁.
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B. I just finished baking some gingerbread men. 我才烤了些姜饼人饼乾。
So the gingerbread man jumped up on the crocodile's mouth. 姜饼人就爬到鳄鱼嘴巴上去了。
He bought us some gingerbread works as present when he returned from the beach. 他从海滨回来的时候给我们买了一些华而不实的工艺品做礼物。
