Then Joseph said to his borthers, "I am about to die. But God will surely come to your aid and take you up out of this land to the land he promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob."

约瑟对他弟兄们说：“我要死了，但上帝必定看顾你们，领你们从这地上去，到他起誓所应许给亚伯拉罕、以撒、雅各之地。”

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The wicked witch had thrown her into a trance, hoping she would die, and that the king would then marry her daughter; but on the king speaking to her, the spell was broken.

这个邪恶的巫婆曾让她陷入恍惚，希望她死去，这样国王就能够娶她的女儿了；但是当国王这么对她说时，咒语被破解了。

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Then Israel said to Joseph, "I am about to die, but God will be with you and take you back to the land of your fathers."

以色列又对约瑟说：“我要死了，但上帝必与你们同在，领你们回到你们列祖之地。”

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They die on the operating table, but then they're brought back to life, as we put it.

他们死在手术台上,但很快他们又起死回生,我们可以这样说

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Mythologies are the lives or tales of the lives of gods, tales of the lives of the gods. In pagan religions the gods are born, and they live lives very similar to human lives but on a grand scale and then they die. They might be reborn too.

神话记载了众神的生活故事，众神的一生，在异教里，神是受孕而生的，他们群居，并且生活习惯和人类非常相似,他们也会死亡，也许还会重生。

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"But you can die of hope in Hollywood, " said Mr. Byrd, who then turned his attention to theater, boning up by going to the now-defunct Coliseum Books and buying every relevant text on the subject.

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