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15.There ain’t much, out of the way, which people who stay in this hotel do,I don’t get to hear about.

No matter who stays in this hotel does anything improper, I always get to know about it.

16.The Duchess of Croydon kept firm, tight rein on her racing mind.

The Duchess of Croydon is thinking quickly, but at the same time keeping her thoughts under control.

17.And when they stopped for petrol, as they would have to, their speech and manner would betray them,

making them conspicuous.

Furthermore, when they had to stop for petrol, their speech and manner would make them noticeable and reveal their identity.

18.There must be no mistake, no vacillation or dallying because of her own smallness of mind.

She mustn’t make any mistake, show any hesitation or deal with the situation carelessly due to her own smallness of mind.

19.“Don’t worry, son, we’ll show them a few tricks.”

Don’t worry, young man. We have some clever and unexpected tactics and we will surprise them in the trial. 20.The case had erupted round my head…

The case had come down upon me unexpectedly and violently.

21.No one, least of all I, anticipated that my case would snowball into one of the most famous trials in U.S.

history.

I was the last one to expect that my case would become one of the most famous trials in the US history.

22.“That’s one hell of a jury!”

The jury is completely in appropriate.

23.“Today it is the teachers,” he continued, “and tomorrow the magazines, the books, the newspapers.”“Today it is the teachers who are put on trial because of teaching scientific theory,” he continued to say, “Soon the magazines, the books and the newspapers will not be allowed to spread ideas of science.”

24.“There is some doubt about that,” Darrow snorted.

“There is some doubt about whether man has reasoning power,” said Darrow scornfully.

25.…accused Bryan of calling for a duel to the death between science and religion.

…accused Bryan of challenging a life and death struggle between science and religion.

26.Spectators paid to gaze at it and ponder whether they might be related.

People had to pay in order to have a look at the ape and to consider carefully whether they and the apes could have a common ancestry.

27.Now Darrow sprang his trump card by calling Bryan as a witness for the defense.

Darrow surprised everyone by asking for Bryan as a witness for the defense which was a clever idea.

28.…it reduced the whole aspiration of man to a macabre and depressing joke.

This dreadful scene makes all human endeavors to advance and improve their lives appear as a ghastly, saddening joke.

29.The country itself is not uncomely, despite the grime of the endless mills.

The country itself is pleasant to look at, despite the sooty dirt spread by the innumerable mills in this region. 30.They have taken as their model a brick set on end.

The model they followed in building their houses was a brick standing upright.

31.This they have converted into a thing of dingy clapboards, with a narrow, low-pitched roof.

These brick-like houses were made of shabby, thin wooden boards and their roofs were narrow and had little slope.

32.When it has taken on the patina of the mills it is the color of an egg long past all hope or caring.

When the brick is covered with the black soot of the mills it takes on the color of a rotten egg.