It might be like a single, a single mother, you know. She might not get home from work until like 6.

也有可能是个单亲母亲。她下班到家可能要6点之后了。

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From where we sit, it looks like the Corinthians were making a gesture of solidarity, the kind of thing you would expect a mother city to do, not to ignore its apoikia when it was in trouble.

在我们看来,科林斯人似乎做出了友好团结之态,这是我们期望母邦会做的,没有对困境中的迁徙地置之不顾

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