Later on, it was sometimes hard to tell whether he was larking round or serious: as a narcoleptic, he would often lull journalists into a snooze and then snap to, razor-sharp, with the answer to their questions.

到了后来，有时很难区分是随便玩玩还是认真的：经常像一个嗜眠患者那样把记者也搞得昏昏欲睡，然后又突然清醒犀利地回答们的问题。

At one mouthful she ate as much as 12 English farmers would eat in a meal—crunching the wing of a lark, bones and all—though it were nine times the size of a turkey.

她一口吃的和十二个英国农夫一顿吃的一样多——把云雀的翅膀和骨头都吃得嘎吱嘎吱响——尽管这只云雀有九只火鸡那么大。

As they sat down to rest for a short time, they heard a lark sing.

们坐下来短暂休息时，听到一只百灵鸟唱歌。

I am pretty good at this pricing lark. - Yeah, you pretty good.

我对这个定价很行。 - 是的，你很厉害。

However the youngest daughter wanted a singing lark.

而小女儿说只想要一只会唱歌的云雀。

It just -- it was lark, right?

这本来只是开玩笑的，是吧？

As a lark, they printed U of O T-shirts, and people snapped them up.

为了以假乱真，们印制了带有欧克博奇大学校徽的T恤，销量甚好。

What a lark! What fun! What pleasure!

多有趣呀！多好玩呀！多享受呀！

Maria sings like a lark, doesn't she?

玛丽娅的歌儿美极了。

Yes, but no larking about this time, mate - we've got a proper mission.

对，但这次我们不是来闲逛的。我们有正经任务。

This beautiful name means " lark" in Spanish.

这个漂亮的名字西班牙语中是“百灵鸟”的意思。

The study by the University of Bristol found people who were genetically programmed to be larks will less likely to develop breast cancer.

布里斯托大学的研究发现那些天生早起人更不容易患乳腺癌。

So, Merri set out to find some answers using a database of CT scanned sternums from 105 different bird species, like the Red-capped lark, Leach's Storm petrel and the Southern cassowary.

因此，梅里开始利用105种不同鸟类的胸骨CT扫描数据库来寻找答案，这些鸟类包括红顶短趾百灵、白腰叉尾海燕和双垂鹤鸵。

Some of the gold-diggers listened too: it was years since they had heard that familiar song, and many offered to buy the lark, if the widow would only sell it.

这距离们上次听到这种熟悉的歌声已经好几了，很多人都想买下这只云雀，但是寡妇不愿意卖。

They have a natural tendency to wake up late and stay up late; they feel energized and sleepy later in the day than larks.

们有晚起和晚睡的自然倾向；与云雀型相比，它们一天中晚些时候会感到精力充沛，更晚些时候会感到困倦。

It is the pale grayish-yellow tint which belongs as well to the gazelle as to the small lark of the sandy wastes.

那是一种灰黄色，它既属于瞪羚，也属于沙漠里的小云雀。

Where? said Dick; and up he sprang, just in time to see the lark as he rose once more high in the air.

哪儿呢？Dick快速的起身问道，就此时看到这只百灵鸟再一次飞向天空。

I would be a happy little lark, singing as I soared, and then dropping down into some pleasant field.

“我希望做一只快乐的小云雀，当我飞翔时我就歌唱，然后落快乐的土地上。

Neurogeneticist Dr Louis Ptacek of University of California would say I'm 'a lark' and my neighbour is 'an owl'.

来自加州大学的神经基因学家Louis Ptacek博士会说我是一只“百灵鸟”，我的邻居是“猫头鹰”。

After this, the boys dispersed for a final lark, leaving Mrs. March and her daughters under the festival tree.

这以后，男孩们四下散开去做最后的游戏，马奇太太和女儿们留节日的树下。