But it's not because of some magical property in the fruit itself, but because of the action of disobedience itself.

但并不是因为苹果本身拥有的魔力，而是因为叛逆这一行为本身。

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And so Richard is learning a grammar of race even while he tries to work out how to use language as a source of power in his family.

所以理查在学习语言的艺术,虽局限于种族,就是他在家里受尽磨难时也在学习语言的魔力。

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She would bring all of Comus' magic structures down around his head.

她将能解除科玛斯的所有魔力。

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What would you do if you had this power, the power of this magic ring, where you could commit any crime, indulge any vice, commit any outrage and be sure you could always get away with it?

你们如果也拥有这般神力，透过来自神奇戒指的魔力，将可以违犯任何罪行，放纵自己，干下任何不道德的行为或暴行,也不用担心,因为永远可以藉由神力遁逃？

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