They tip-toed out, through the broken weather-boarding, and stopped at a little distance to exchange a parting word.

他们踮起脚尖，从破木板缝里走了出来，走了一小段路就停下来相互道别。

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The idea is that for a misspelling, you should look for words that are suitably "close" -- using the definition of distance -- to the misspelled word.

它的意义在于，对于拼写错误的单词，您应当查找和它“接近”(这就使用了距离的定义)的单词。

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The puzzle distance defined above is unsuitable for at least one good reason: A misspelled word is not always one letter away from a correctly spelled one.

前面定义的字谜距离至少有一个理由不适合做这项工作：拼写错误的单词比起正确拼写的单词来说，通常不止错了一个字母。

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The word needs a distance to it.

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