The matter, which was a weighty one, was like to go against the English monarch by default.

这一重大事件，在一般情况下，似乎是对英国君主不利的。

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1one of the reasons why Tom's mind had drifted away from its secret troubles was, that it had found a new and weighty matter to interest itself about. Becky Thatcher had stopped coming to school.

1汤姆转移了注意力，不再为心中的秘密所苦恼，原因之一是，他现在感兴趣的是另一件更重要的事情：贝基·撒切尔不来上学了。

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But the sorts of policies that matter most are so basic that they would never seem weighty or visionary enough to grace a political platform.

ECONOMIST: Lexington