Most likely. - Well, it's getting closer to town, then.- Bella, you should go inside.

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And the commune, despite the fact that there's lots of-- you could hear in the distance the guns sometimes getting closer and closer, and attempts to break out fail miserably, they pass all sorts of impressive social legislation.

在公社里,尽管有很多...,公社不远处不时能听到枪声,不断逼近,而突围的尝试又屡次惨败,他们还通过了各式法律法规

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

The closer one lives to places where mosquitoes reproduce, the greater the risk of getting malaria.

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