Typically, when there's something which is unclear you'll fill in the gap and figure out what the word is.

通常当你听到某些不清楚的单词时,你会填入间隔,并确认那个词是什么

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They had a little bit of a problem around World War II and you can try to bridge the gap, but--anyway, there are people who have tried to sort this out.

他们在二战期间的数据可能有所缺失,不过可以试着弥补这个缺失,但是,无论如何,仍然有人想方设法整理这些数据

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Gases would escape through this gap in the earth and there when things got figured out and arranged, there were priests who worshipped Apollo there and who took care of this phenomenon.

某种气体会从地壳中冒出,当一切准备好了,阿波罗的祭司们,就会处理这一现象

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