It's just that other meanings are available, and since they're not on the same page, those two other meanings coexist painfully and irreducibly at odds, right?

它只是说其它意思也有可能，由于它们不是在同一水平线上，这两种其它意思,痛苦地共存着，同时又不可削减地矛盾着，对吧？

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And they talked sort of on the same level as fellow musicians.

他们是同一水平线上的,音乐家。

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