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1.allow to 允许

Allow to freeze solid for 3-4 hours or overnight.
允许冻结3-4小时或隔夜固体。

Apply solution to the tube and allow to become tacky.
在内胎上涂抹胶水并让它发粘。

2.stand for 代表；为…而奋斗；拥护

In the 1980s, germans came to stand for everything un-dutch.
到了80年代，德国人变成了一切荷兰人不认可的东西的代表。

Now they stand for a liberal, democratic and successful republic.
而现在它们代表着一个自由、民主和成功的共和政体。
3.fall to 开始；落到

That honor would fall to glenn 11 months later.
这项荣耀11个月后落到了格伦头上。

This is why in previous projections the un assumed fertility rates in all countries would eventually fall to 1.85.
这就是联合国以前发布的人口展望报告中，预测所有国家的人口生育率最终都将下降到1.85的原因。

4.thanks to 幸亏，多亏，由于

That is largely thanks to its impressive mobile-money revolution.
实在多亏了肯尼亚引人注目的手机钱包改革。

Pornographers are in bigger trouble, thanks to technology.
由于科技的作用，色情作品作者将陷入更大的麻烦。