Who wants to beat a retreat?

谁退缩了？

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Admitted to their ideal school, but all things heavy, often want to beat a retreat.

考上自己理想的学校，却整日心事沉重，经常想打退堂鼓。

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The commander's suspicion being not quite removed, he desired the drummer to beat a retreat.

指挥官还是有点疑心，再请他打撤退鼓。

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But the signs are that they are preparing to beat a tactical retreat.

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We had to beat a hasty retreat from his noisy, enthusiastic supporters to conduct an interview in the back of my car.

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So it was in 1956, when Eisenhower forced David Ben- Gurion to beat a speedy retreat from the Sinai and Gaza at the end of the Suez campaign.

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