They were arrested in the small hours of Saturday morning.

他们在周六凌晨时分被捕。

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He came rolling home from the party in the small hours.

他参加了宴会后到凌晨时分才摇摇晃晃到家。

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They came in the small hours, just as the dormitories were settling down for the night.

他们来的时候正是深夜时分，学生宿舍已经安静下来。

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Experts say accountability is key in determining the future use of certain practices such as confining thousands of protesters into small areas for hours on end and of some officers removing badge numbers from their uniforms in crowd control situations.

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The team started assembling the craft in the small hours of the morning, to much media anticipation.

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Nightlife is a big draw, whether boozing on Bourbon Street or spilling out of a live music joint in the small hours.

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The lower house's tied vote, in the small hours of July 26th, after six hours of debate, meant that the case against him came to nothing.

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