So it might be something like that, a tiny little something that one would set down like a couple of elements.

所以创作的支点可能是类似这些的，很小很小的事情，作者会把它们列出来,就像一系列元素一样。

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So, even if the cost is small, $10 a dose, it quickly amounts to a large amount of money.

因此,即使单只成本很小,可能只有十美元,但是这很快就会累积成为很大的金额

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As soon as we read the next lines, we're struck with the possibility -and surely it's just a provisional possibility, but we're struck by the image that Satan's spear is actually quite small.

读了接下来的这些句子，我们会震惊于,-当然这只是一个暂时性的可能，我们会震惊，撒旦的长矛原来其实很小。

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So, you might be asking how did he actually figure that out?

都压缩到很小的空间中了,你们可能会问他怎么知道直径的？

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