Screenwriters often employ a plot device called a reversal, in which a hero who seems to be making progress abruptly finds himself worse off, and facing a much greater menace.

编剧们都喜欢设计情节反转的桥段，英雄看起来正在取得一些进展，突然发现自己陷入更大的困境中。

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Yes, he had never himself as a special talent, even in two years, dozens of companies employ a container expert, and the workers are still together, living always his most bitter dry.

是的，他从来就没把自己当做一个特殊的人才，即便在两年内成为数十家公司聘请的集装专家，他仍然和工友们在一起，最苦的活总是他干。

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After Black had exhausted his last appeal to the Supreme Court, and after he was finally released from prison, the courts dissolved the asset freeze, and Black found himself once again in a position to employ a top-flight legal team.

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