"That is not the point, " he said. "But battles are ugly when women fight.

“不是那个意思，”他说，“只是让女人上战场战斗是很遗憾的。

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References like this one are not isolated; but battles, using a fantastic array of weapons and aerial vehicles are common in all the epic Indian books.

这样的提及不是孤立的，但战役，用了一种奇迹的武器部署，航天交通工具在整个印度史诗里十分普遍。

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He fought many hard battles and achieved notable merits, but he remains humble in spirits.

他参加过许多战役，立下了汗马功劳，但他仍然很谦虚。

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Historian and naval officer Samuel Eliot Morison described the fighting this way in his book "The Struggle for Guadalcanal": "For us who were there, or whose friends were there, Guadalcanal is not a name but an emotion, recalling desperate fights in the air, furious night naval battles, frantic work at supply or construction, savage fighting in the sodden jungle, nights broken by screaming bombs and deafening explosions of naval shells."

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There were always battles and wars going on, on the boundaries, the frontiers of the Roman Empire, but within the center of the empire there was an amazing period of peace.

战争永远都在进行，在边界，罗马帝国边境，但在帝国中心却是一派和平盛世。

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That is the most fertile part of the country, but it was also the site of many of the most bloody battles in Israel's history.

那便是这个国家最富饶的地方，它也是,以色列历史上大部分血腥战争发生的地方。

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This sounds trivial, but battles over hedge heights in the suburbs can become surprisingly fierce.

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Gabi Ashkenazi this week ordered army commanders to integrate legal advisers in decision-making not only during the planning of battles, but also during battles themselves.

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But legal battles are not the only hurdles the Murdoch empire has faced.

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