It is a scenario that has become all but routine - an act of piracy on the high seas by Somalis.

VOA: standard.2010.04.20

He described provincials as being dominated by routine and monotony in their small towns, that they're all the same, he wrote, which is obviously not the case.

他把乡下人描绘成在小城镇中,过着千篇一律的单调生活,他写道,他们全是一个模子里刻出来的,情况显然不是这样

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