Taking advantage of the rivalries I've mentioned, they obtained charters from the local powers establishing their rights to conduct their own affairs and to govern themselves.

利用我之前提及的抗争,他们获得了地方政府的特权,建立了他们自己的,区域自治制度

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Some parts of the Bronx are a little bit rougher than other neighborhoods in New York.

比起纽约的其他区域，布朗克斯的一些地方环境有点差。

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What we find is that the states who are doing most of the colonizing are located where most of the trade was going on at this point in history, and also most of the manufacturing.

我们发现,殖民行为最多的地区,地处当时贸易最频繁的区域,同时,那里也是制造业最发达的地方

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So apparently there's this area where all like the sororities are

所以这个区域是很多女大学生联谊会聚集的地方。

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