They are so used to getting stuff from the supply sergeant that the clerk had to throw the suits on the floor before these guys would try them on.

VOA: special.2009.03.09

They don't ask you to just be humble and throw yourself on the ground and consider yourself as nothing compared to the god,or the gods.

希腊人不要求你表现得很谦卑,也不会把你一脚踩在地上,认为你与上帝或诸神相比一无是处

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Nowadays, if you go to outer space, you can check for yourself that if you throw something out, it just goes on forever without your intervention.

现如今,如果你去了外太空,你可以向外抛个物体试试,如果你不打断它,它就会一直运动下去

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