Well--okay. This has nothing to do with the text, we say, and yet at the same time suppose it did.

其实这和诗本身并没有关系，但是我们假设它和诗是关联的。

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Let's say that your brother who you are really close to is dating a girl that is not telling him the truth.

假设你有个关系非常亲密的哥哥，他正和一个女孩谈恋爱，但这女孩却并没有以诚相待。

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Rather they presuppose relations that is to say political relations not between lovers or even best friends of some kind but between civic partners who may in fact be intensely rivalrous and competitive with one another for positions of political office and honor.

相反地，他们假设的关系,确切地说是政治关系,并非介于爱人或甚至是最好朋友间的关系,而是介于公民伙伴间,他们可能处于,彼此紧张敌对或竞争的关系,以求争得政治官位或荣誉。

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Ok, let's say that you have a really good relationship with your mom and you rarely ever fight.

我们假设你跟你母亲关系特别好，很少有口角。

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