The crowd in Robinson's Coffee-House was thinning, but only by degrees.鲁宾逊咖啡屋里的人正在变少，但也只是渐少而已。Eddie was a short squat fellow in his forties with thinning hair.埃迪四十多岁，矮矮胖胖的，头发日渐稀疏。His hair is thinning.他的头发逐渐稀少了....
Most of my accomplishments came as the result of sheer doggedness.我大多数的成就纯粹是坚持不懈的结果。But such doggedness comes at the cost of further, perhaps fatal, rebellions.布朗先生的顽固换来了更多的, 也许是致命的, 背叛....