But still, eleven men were killed during construction.

VOA: special.2009.03.04

They have a slightly smaller body to them but violins and violas have the same general construction.

小提琴的外形比中提琴稍微小些,但它们的构造大体相同

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And he is a violist, not a violinist, but the principle here is pretty much the same, so tell us about the construction of the instrument.

他是位中提琴手,不是小提琴手,但提琴的原理都很相近,跟我们讲解下乐器的结构吧

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

Historian and naval officer Samuel Eliot Morison described the fighting this way in his book "The Struggle for Guadalcanal": "For us who were there, or whose friends were there, Guadalcanal is not a name but an emotion, recalling desperate fights in the air, furious night naval battles, frantic work at supply or construction, savage fighting in the sodden jungle, nights broken by screaming bombs and deafening explosions of naval shells."

VOA: special.2011.06.23

But nonetheless, in the imagination, in the imaginaire, in the mental construction of these two countries, what we are not, that is Catholic, helps define their identity.

然而,在精神层面上,在精神体系的创立上,这两个国家的身份认同感,受到他们所否定的观念,即非天主教观念的影响

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Israel has offered to restrain construction on settlements in the West Bank, but has made no offers regarding construction in East Jerusalem.

VOA: standard.2009.11.18

For example, nowhere in the world would people consider eating a rock, because a rock is non-food across all cultures; but aside from that, there's great variability and so social construction part of this is very important.

举例来说,世界上没有哪里的人会想吃石头,因为不管在哪种文化中,石头都不能当做食物,但是除此之外,各地的食物丰富而多样,所以社会意识是非常重要的一部分

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The United States and Palestinians have demanded a complete freeze on settlement construction, but Israel refused and has offered a partial freeze.

VOA: standard.2009.09.19

Under the Israeli offer, construction of 3,000 Jewish homes in the West Bank would continue, but no new projects would be approved.

VOA: standard.2009.09.19

Construction of 3,000 homes in the West Bank will continue, but no new projects will be approved.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

But instead of accepting the proposed halt in settlement construction in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Palestinian leaders rejected the peace offering, as "nothing new".

VOA: standard.2009.11.26

But under a partial freeze, no further construction would be approved.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

The Israeli Prime Minister's office is not commenting on the plans for expansion, but a statement on Tuesday said construction in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo is nothing new.

VOA: standard.2009.11.18

I paid off as much as I could." Zahwe Samouni had little cash left and was unable to find enough construction materials, but she managed to build a two-room cinderblock house.

VOA: standard.2010.01.02

We hope that there is good progress." Israel is offering a partial settlement freeze: construction on 3,000 housing units in the West Bank will continue, but no new projects will be approved.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

The issue is far from being settled. The United States has called for Israel to freeze settlement construction, but in response Israel insisted the freeze would be time-limited and exclude settlements currently under construction.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

Mr.Netanyahu has been a strong supporter of Jewish settlement in all of the biblical land of Israel, but he imposed the construction freeze last month after urging from the United States, which sees the settlements as an obstacle to peace.

VOA: standard.2009.12.10