He could not help feeling a grudging admiration for the old lady.

他不禁感到不得不钦佩这位老太太。

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Every mouthful of food was an acute positive pleasure, now that it was truly their own food, produced by themselves and for themselves, not doled out to them by a grudging master.

每一口食物都是一种无与伦比的享受，因为这是真正属于他们自己的食物，是自己为自己生产的，而不是吝啬的主人发给他们的。

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Internal Tory dissent lacks a powerful voice. The public mood is also one of grudging assent, if not exactly fervent support.

保守党内部的反对意见缺乏一个强有力的声音，国内民众对此即便不是强烈支持，至少也是随声附和。

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Peace must be on the basis of a real and explicit not grudging, oral or hollow acceptance of the right of Israel to exist and to preserve its security.

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Not a grudging admiration, necessarily, but a true respect that travels both ways.

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The public mood is also one of grudging assent, if not exactly fervent support.

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