They borrow the characters from what had been already something quite close to an alphabet and had only a relatively small number.

他们从十分接近字母系统的书写体系中,借来字符使用,而这些字符相对较少

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When you want to push something or someone away.

或者当你不想接近某事或某人的时候，你都可以使用这个句型。

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Some notion of being above yourself and thinking yourself more than a man with the implication that you are approaching some kind of divinity by being more than a man, and acting accordingly,which usually requires that you use violence to achieve what you want.

某种超越自我的信念,认为自己不只是凡人,这就暗示了,你正接近某种神灵,为此,通常需要使用暴力,来达成所愿

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