All of Milton's labors in the cause of liberating England from the tyranny of monarchy had in some way - could be construed as having been useless.

弥尔顿为把英国从君主暴政解放出来,所做的努力在某种程度上,可以说是付之东流了。

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What about lots of us lose lot of our weight, being like--really having rebirth to that, really been crazy.

那减肥这个现象呢，很多人减肥，好像得到重生，他们疯狂地去减肥。

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If that would've been worth having, then-- if the next chunk of my life would've been worth having-- then it's bad for me that I die now instead of living for the next ten years.

如果它是值得拥有的话-,如果我下阶段的生活值得拥有的话-,那么它就是坏事,因为我现在就死了，无法再活十年。

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