He said the de facto authorities also made reference in a letter to his government about the embassy as a "facility" run by the Brazilians, implying that it does not enjoy diplomatic status.

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Now there's a lot of variation in that: men would be different from women, taller more then shorter, all that sort of thing, but nonetheless let's just use that as a reference.

当然随情况会有不同变化,男人需要的比女人多,高的比矮的多,像这类情况,但我们用这数据做个参考

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On the one hand, he says, his reference to a divine mission, he explicitly says there, will be taken by his audience as being just another instance of Socratic irony and insincerity.

一方面，他表示自己所指的神授任务，他很明白地表示，将会被听众误以为只是另一轮的,苏格拉底式讽刺及伪善。

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