That's a most ludicrous word, really, in contemporary social science or orthodox Marxist, where you just had to say, "Well, eventually the proletariat will rise up, because the bourgeoisie did this before."

在当代社会学领域或者正统马克思主义里,这是一个非常愚蠢的做法,就好像你只用说,"最终无产阶级会起义,是因为以前资产阶级就这么干过"

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Um, even like I've seen pictures of just some really crazy graffiti that's like, you know, it takes actual skill to do.

像是我甚至看到过一些真正疯狂的涂鸦作品，干那个还真需要技术。

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There's this whole sense that the thing is precarious and you'd better kind of mind your Ps and Qs, or whatever the expression is, and be a good person or this whole thing could kind of be literally flooded away.

从这个场景中可以看出堤坝相当不稳定,你最好想想干过什么缺德事儿,或者捅过什么篓子之类的,总之得做个好人,否则,这整个城市就可能真会被大水冲走

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They let you practice as an attorney if you haven't gone to law,

如果你没有干过律师这行，他们也会让你当律师，

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