Our educated men then kept at arms' length both the language and thought of their native land.

那时候在我们国家，受过教育的人，在语言和思想上，和他们的祖国都很疏远。

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Xu has fast become one of the most feared men on the international tour, looming at the net, and stretching his long, thin arms out for the most impossible looking balls.

徐林胤已经成为了国际沙排比赛中的一员猛将，他在网前的能力非常强，瘦长的双臂展开后几乎拦住所有看似不可阻挡的扣球。

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One day, to spice things up, Mr Gygax turned a plastic dinosaur into a dragon and mixed in wizards and trolls among the men-at-arms.

有一天，为了调节一下气氛，吉盖克斯把一只塑料恐龙演绎为一只真龙，并加入了在重骑兵队伍中游荡的巫师和巨怪。

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As his wife Susannah looked on helplessly, the men began to hack at Nyerere's arms and legs with machetes.

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It dates back to 1565 when Queen Elizabeth I granted a fief for the island, on condition that it was kept free of pirates and occupied by at least 40 men who could carry arms.

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"It's frankly embarrassing that when European nations - with almost two million men and women under arms - are only able, at a stretch, to deploy around 100, 000 at any one time, " he said.

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