But Israel has warned time and again that if diplomacy fails, it might launch a pre-emptive strike on Iran's nuclear facilities.

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So somewhere, maybe in pre-incarnational time before Franny became Franny, she wanted to be an actress.

可能是在神灵化身之前的时代,在弗兰尼变成弗兰尼之前，她想要成为演员。

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John I'm looking to you again, John, I think there's no pre-time checks.

还得再问问你，我觉得这没有预先检查。

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