I lighted my lantern, and found that I was perched on a narrow ledge, almost at the end of my rope literally and figuratively.

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Does that forces us to say, "Ah, so it's not ?" the same rope at the end as the beginning."

那我们是不是就必须说,“啊，这不是一开始那根绳子了“

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Suppose I had a rope, that stretched from that into the room, all the way across-- to this end of the room.

假设我有一根绳子，从屋子的这一端，一直伸展到-,屋子的这一端。

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Very same rope--at that end, at this end.

同样的一根绳子，从那边到这边。

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