"First of all, we're asking to organize a corridor, not simply open the border, but to deploy some forces, which could lead people out who cannot get out of their houses, who are under siege, to help them cross the border, at least into Uzbekistan because it is the nearest country."

VOA: standard.2010.06.15

But we're not asking, is it rational or irrational to not believe that your body's going to die, we're simply asking, noting the fact that, there to seem to be cases where people are surprised to discover that they're mortal.

但我们不是在探讨不相信肉体的死亡,是否合理，我们只是提出，人们发现，有人可能对发现自己将会死亡,感到非常出乎意料。

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Of course the most obvious meaning of this pattern is simply asking

当然，这个句型显然是用来询问

Do you ever课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

And Milton's asking in these lines not simply about actual erotic entanglements -- although I think that's there, a relation with women -- but it's a question about erotic poetry as well.

在这几句弥尔顿问的不仅是,实际的性的缠绵--尽管我认为确实有这一方面，同女人的关系--他也是在问情诗的问题。

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