Outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is anxious to close a deal before a new Israeli government takes power in the next few weeks.

VOA: standard.2009.03.15

With dissonant intervals they tend to be frequencies that are sounding right next to each other, very close-by frequencies.

这些不协调音程的频率,听起来彼此很相似,频率很相近

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I almost said 'next week' but we rarely plan that close to the event.

我这里说“下星期”,但其实很少在那么短的时间内才计划。

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He said the United States will "stand with Iraq's people and government as a close friend and partner,as Iraqis prepare for elections early next year, continue to take responsibility for their future, and build greater peace and opportunity."

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

He stayed up all night and counted every leaf on the tree and it came very close to what Rituparna said, so he--the next morning-- believed Rituparna.

他彻夜未眠,数了树上的每一片叶子,发现结果和睿都巴若那所言相差无几,所以他在...第二天早晨...,相信了睿都巴若那

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And the answer has to do with ratios and string sizes and lengths of pipe and things like that, but generally speaking, pitches that are right next to each other--very close to each other--are dissonant.

答案和比率以及弦乐器的尺寸和管乐器的长度等有关，但是总的说来，音调是相关联的，非常近。

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