Machiavelli was a kind of political junkie, you could say, in things happening in Italy and else where.

马奇亚维利曾经几乎是政治弱能，可以这样说，关于发生于意大利及其它地方的事务。

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Years ago, there was some crime here.

几年前，这里曾经有一些罪案发生。

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Broom meant to make a clean sweep of things, a clean sweep of what had come before.

扫帚》的寓意是将事情做个彻底的了结，对曾经发生过的事情一扫而空。

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