It was a terrible slum -- as such places are called -- where too many are crowded together, where the houses and streets are dirty and full of rats.

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Well, in fact, he pretty well was ready to turn himself into a king, but he wouldn't use that word, because it had such a terrible smell.

事实上,他已经基本上 准备要登基称王,但他不会用那个词,因为这个词声名狼藉

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The abandonment of such a study or its adulteration for current political purposes would be a terrible loss for all of humanity, and at the base, at the root of that civilization stood the Greeks.

如果出于政治的目的而对此段历史,视而不见甚至完全摒弃,这对全人类,将是一个巨大的损失,追根溯源,这一切都根植于希腊文明

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