In the rivers you're not safe. If you don't bother them,they don't bother you.

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You'll learn a lot about France in here, but we don't ask you questions like that, "What two rivers meet in Lyons?"

你在这能学到很多关于法国的东西,但是我们不会考你类似于,"哪两条河在里昂交汇"之类的问题

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They're named after rivers and they don't all-- they're not all the same size.

这些省皆是以河流的名字而命名,然而其大小却截然不同

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That's what you need for a phalanx, because to maintain the integrity of the hoplite line, you can't have bumps and grooves, and trees and rivers in the way; it will break things up.

而是方阵作战所必备的条件,为了维持重装步兵队列的完整性,就不能在坑坑洼洼,有树林有河流的地方布阵,这会把方阵打散

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