The noodles had a flavor I found to be akin to dirt - very strange.

我发现这种面的味道跟土一样，特别奇怪。

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The noodles had a flavor I found to be akin to dirt – very strange. In the original review, I comment that the broth was 'nightmarish. '

我发现这种面的味道跟土一样，特别奇怪。在我之前的评论中，曾说它的面汤就是“一场噩梦”。

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The lake monster, like that of Loch Ness, is supposed to be akin to a plesiosaur, a kind of a long-necked aquatic dinosaur thought to have been an herbivore.

这个河中怪物就像尼斯湖水怪一样让人期待，很多人认为它们是蛇颈龙（一种长颈子的水上恐龙，食草动物）的近亲。

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That would be one way of reading that Hobbes seems to, wants us to think about the state of nature as akin to a scientific experiment.

这就是阅读的一个方面，霍布斯似乎，想让我们思考自然状态,就像思考科学实验一样。

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It's intended to be akin to a visit to the altar, or the celestial end point of a pilgrimage.

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