The amount of time that each chord is holding is getting shorter and shorter and shorter as we drive into that cadence.

每个和弦持续的时间变得越来越短,越来越短，将我们带进这一段音乐的终止式。

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In other words, no Platonic cities in speech.

也就是说谈话中不带柏拉图式的城邦论点。

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