North Korea denies responsibility. These war games are a direct response to the sinking of the South Korean vessel.

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So are Deuteronomy's legal traditions a direct response to or modification of the laws in Exodus and Numbers, or are they best understood as just different, independent formulations of a common legal tradition?

那么申命记中的律法是对出埃及和民数记中,律法的直接回应，或者它们最好被理解为,一种不同的，独立的对一般律法的,表现形式？

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Instead of being very direct, you can use "I don't know" to soften your response slightly.

但你不想说得那么直接，你可以用“I don't know”来让你的回答更为委婉。

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