The United Nations says nearly 60 percent of Afghanistan is insecure to a greater or lesser extent, and access in these areas is limited and risky.

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Ordinary objects in the world participate to a greater or lesser degree in the Platonic forms.

这个世界的普通的事物,在柏拉图型相中会处于或高或低的层次

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There are only things that are circular to a greater or lesser degree.

只存在相对的圆的东西

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