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笔者选取了元代本《原本老乞大》里有关衣食住行的口语词袄子、汗衫、茶饭、路子等作为研究对象，根据有关文献对这些口语词进行了解释。

The author chooses some oral words of clothing , food , lodging and transportation in the original manuscript of Lao Qi Da to study , and interprets them by referring to relevant documents .

我跟你说过我们原本应该用我的方法来做这事。

I told you we should have done it my way !

原本一切都进行得很顺利，但后来我们遇到了麻烦。

Everything was going well but then we hit trouble .

自行车选手们原本胶着在一起，直到转弯处泰勒才超前领先。

The cyclists were together until the bend , when Tyler pulled ahead .

给原本清一色的男职员队伍增派一位女性会显得是装点门面。

Appointing one woman to the otherwise all-male staff could look like tokenism .

这个案件原本是否应该审判还是个问题。

It is arguable whether the case should have ever gone to trial .

没关系，原本可能还要更糟。

Never mind ─ it could be worse .

许多原本分散的团体现在正在单一的权威领导下运作。

Many previously separate groups are now operating under the umbrella of a single authority .

她原本来自约克郡。

She comes originally from York .

如果我的建议冒犯了你，我很抱歉——但我原本是出于好意的。

I 'm sorry if my advice offended you ─ I meant it for the best .

她的头发原本就是金黄色吗？

Is she a natural blonde ?

原本应该是高兴的时刻，她却丝毫未感到快乐。

It should have been an occasion for rejoicing , but she could not feel any real joy .

这原本应当能够防止雨水把门的饰边弄翘的。

It should have prevented rain water warping the door trim

天晓得他母亲原本会说什么。

Heaven only knows what his mother would have said .

原本显得沉闷枯燥的诗歌突然有了生气。

Poems which had seemed dull and boring suddenly came to life .

战争榨干了原本繁荣的亚美尼亚经济。

The war has bled the once-strong Armenian economy dry .

我们原本是要把报道推迟到第二天的。

We would have held the story over until the next day .

心理转折使原本老套的故事情节变得生动有趣。

Psychological twists perk up an otherwise predictable story line .

这项协议原本会减少通勤航班市场的竞争。

The deal would have reduced competition in the commuter-aircraft market

我让她原原本本地重复一下帕蒂的措辞。

I asked her to repeat specifically the words that Patti had used

那个错误原本可以在28天内得以纠正。

That mistake could have been rectified within 28 days .

它消耗掉了原本可用于投资的大笔资金。

It absorbed vast amounts of capital that could have been used for investment

我相信他原本可以让全组人稳定下来的。

I believe he would have had a stabilising effect on the team .

原本打算两件婚事一起办的。

It was to have been a double wedding .

经济萧条只不过加速了原本就在改变行业状况的变化。

Recession has simply accelerated changes that have been reshaping the industry anyway .

这是否是原本良好的增长曲线中暂时的偏离？

Was it just a temporary blip on an otherwise healthy growth curve ?

总统已经接受了对自己原本要求的权力进行削减。

The president has accepted a diminution of the powers he originally wanted .

我原本觉得在那个时候太粗鲁会很愚蠢。

I thought it would be silly to be too rude at that stage

那些云朵原本会投射出一些阴影，挡住部分阳光。

Those clouds would have cast shadows that would have blocked some sunlight out .

战争加剧了原本已很严重的经济危机。

The war has aggravated an acute economic crisis