The electricity failed and the whole city was blacked out.

电一停，全市陷入一片漆黑。

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By nightfall the whole city was burning.

到黄昏时，全城已是一片火海。

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The terrible earthquake has almost destroyed the whole city.

可怕的地震几乎摧毁了整个城。

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But in the state of New Jersey, a whole city is listed as a national historic landmark.

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The whole city burned down, practically, in a terrible fire and fire insurance started to proliferate right after that in London.

大火几乎烧毁了整座城市,紧随着那场伦敦大火,火险订单的数量激增

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And it's literally, for about a month, the whole city is being turned into a massive collection of theatres.

大约是一个月，整个城市都变成了一个宏大的戏剧的作品集。

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Or, string them all together to see the whole city in its finest fall colours.

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If they can get their line back, maybe they can get the whole city back.

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The whole city is dotted with construction sites, giant tangles of motorways have been built.

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