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给我拿几个水泥钉来， 我要在这水泥墙上钉几个挂钩。

Bring me some cement nails, and I'll fix some hooks in this cement wall. → 水泥钉

办了几个为首的

have punished the ringleaders → 办

几个小厂并成一个大厂。

Several small factories merged into a big one. → 并

这几个字写得太草。

These characters are written in a sloppy hand. → 草

如果一篇文章颠来倒去总是那么几个词，人家就不愿看。

No one cares to read an article that merely rings the changes on a few terms. → 颠来倒去

用毛巾兜着几个鸡蛋

carry a few eggs wrapped up in a towel → 兜

这张图纸有几个数据对不上号。

There are a few figures on this blueprint that don't tally. → 对号

他在实验室里一蹲就是好几个小时。

He would stay for hours at a stretch in the laboratory. → 蹲

几个箱子都翻腾遍了也没有找到。

I rummaged through all the boxes but still could not find it. → 翻腾

这几个钱只够我敷衍几天的。

This money is barely enough for me to get by (or manage) a few days. → 敷衍

郭嫂对女儿每几个月就换男朋友带回家来的做法不感冒。

Aunt Guo was not happy about her daughter's practice of bringing a new boyfriend home every few months. → 感冒

几个战胜国无情地瓜分了这个战败国，各自攫取了同样大小的一片土地。

The victors mercilessly carved up the defeated country, each taking an equal share. → 瓜分

敌人龟缩在几个孤立的据点里。

The enemy was holed up in a few isolated strongholds. → 龟缩

过了好几个月我才收到他的信。

Several months passed before I heard from him. → 过

好几个

quite a few → 好

在几个候选人中，他的呼声最高。

He is the most likely of all the candidates. → 呼声

在窗帘上缝几个环儿。

Sew a few rings on the curtain. → 环

这几个女孩儿碰到一起就唧唧喳喳说个没完。

Whenever these girls get together, they chatter away nonstop. → 唧唧喳喳

几个小伙子叫着号把大木头抬起来。

Several young fellows managed to lift the big woodblock by chanting a work song. → 叫号

几个老头在街灯下下棋。

Several old men were playing chess under a street lamp. → 街灯