Her experiments for the project were supposed to produce a clear substance similar to a thick syrup.

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Now it's not entirely clear that Milton has been successful in sufficiently vilifying Mammon's project of the excavation of riches.

现在尚不清楚弥尔顿是否成功地,有力地咒骂贪神挖掘财富的这一行径。

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