meaning killed. The Random House Historical Dictionary of Slang provides a possible explanation for the use of eighty-six in restaurants.

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I said this course will concentrate on the meaning of these texts in their early historical context.

我说过这门课着重于,这些文本在其早期历史脉络中的意义。

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Just imagine a philologist being confronted with the idea that the meaning of words at a certain historical moment isn't the only thing that matters in understanding the meaning of a poem.

想象一下，一个语言学家看到一个理论指出,一个字在特定历史阶段的语义,不是影响诗歌意思理解的,唯一因素。

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He's willing to sacrifice historical or cultural exactitude of meaning.

他愿意牺牲意义在历史上和文化上的精确性。

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