The love story unfolds against a background of civil war.

这爱情故事以内战为背景展开。

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He is currently writing a dissertation on the Somali civil war.

他正在写一篇关于索马里内战的论文。

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The civil war claimed the life of a U.N. interpreter yesterday.

昨天内战夺走了一位联合国译员的生命。

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He had been a teacher, a college president, and a general in the Union army during the Civil War.

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I remember my first exposure way back in the 60s was a photo of the Biafra famine you remember in the civil war in Nigeria.

我记得我第一次感受到贫困，是在60年代,那是一张关于尼日利亚饥荒的照片,你应该记得，是尼日利亚内战期间。

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Hobbes was the tutor to a royal household who followed the King into exile during the English Civil War.

贺伯斯是一位皇室家庭的家教老师,该户人家于英国内战时,随着英皇流亡；

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At the state opening of Parliament on December 3rd, the doors of the House of Commons were slammed in the face of Black Rod an official who summons MPs to hear the Queen's Speech to symbolise the Commons' independence, a principle the civil war was fought to affirm.

ECONOMIST: Bagehot

Group revenues rose by 13 percent and Turkish revenues were up 9 percent not bad at all given that the country shares borders with a Europe mired in crisis and a Syria in the midst of a civil war that threatens to destabilize the region.

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The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman Among the best TV movies, this film tells the story of the life of a woman born during the Civil War and living through the end of slavery, segregation, and the Civil Rights Movement, and it was awarded with many Emmy awards, including Best Lead Actress (Drama), Best Directing (Drama), Outstanding Special, and Actress of the Year.

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