When a single vote decided the outcome in the Senate, a single senator prepared to cross the floor had immense bargaining power.

当一票决定了在参议院的结果，一个参议员准备跨过地上了巨大的讨价还价的能力。

He sat cross-legged on the floor.

他盘腿坐在地上。

Wild beams of moonlight cross both floor and wall, and, meeting, stain the faces bent; the faces pondering; the faces that search the sleepers and seek their hidden joy.

月光放肆地穿过地板和墙壁，让那俯视的面庞，沉思的面庞，那审视着熟睡者寻找他们秘密的欢乐的面庞斑驳起来。

I wanted to dance, but I lacked the courage to cross that floor, that huge expanse, to risk rejection.

我很想跳舞，但我没有勇气冒着被拒绝的危险穿过舞池的地板，那是一道巨大的鸿沟。

I made the mistake of sitting cross legged on the floor without cushions. My ankle put pressure on my other leg’s shin bone which was a small ache to begin with but eventually grew into a nasty pain.

我第一次冥想的时候犯了一个错误，就是没垫垫子地盘坐在地上我的一个脚踝放在另一只脚的胫骨上，这使得我开始感觉有点疼痛，最终却变得异常疼痛。