Rules and regulations, once set up, should not be turned into a dead letter.

规章制度一经订立，不应成为一纸虚文。

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Above an HDI of 0.9 or so, it turned up, producing what is known in the jargon as a "J-shaped" curve (even though it is the mirror image of a letter j).

HDI高于0.9，线形图呈现行话所谓的“J形曲线”(实际显现的是镜像的字母J)。

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The child turned her eyes to the point indicated; and there lay the scarlet letter, so close upon the margin of the stream, that the gold embroidery was reflected in it.

在小溪的这边岸上！” 那孩子的目光转向指给她看的地方；红字就躺在那里，紧靠着岸边，金丝刺绣还在溪中反着光。

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The letter turned out to be useless.

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But when I tried to write a plan for changing things, it turned into a resignation letter.

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This was, of course, a none too oblique reference to last week's controversy when the First Minister was obliged to apologise for citing an external letter which turned out to be a draft written by the FM's own adviser.

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