玛丽以为他指的是魔法。

Mary had thought he meant something about Magic.

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哈克，要是他指的是我俩呢，那该怎么办！

What if he means us, Huck!

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此外，在哥伦比亚，英语国家的人必须知道用手势表示身高时，必须考虑他指的是人还是动物，分别用不同的手势。

Again, in Colombia, a speaker of English would have to know that when he indicates height he must choose between different gestures depending on whether he is referring to a human being or an animal.

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However, when it's used to refer to the God of Israel it's clearly singular, it always has a singular verb.

但是，当指的是犹太人的上帝时,就变成单数，因为他是独一无二的。

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And ironically you sense, when you read this that even though Cain intends this as a rhetorical question "Am I my brother's keeper?"--in fact, he's right on the money.

当读到这一段的时候，你能感觉到其中的讽刺意味,尽管该隐的回答是一个设问句,“难道我是他的看守吗？“，事实上，指钱的话，他说的是对的。

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the Thompson is sent with a mission to find out what is the meaning of rosebud ? what was rose then?

汤普森是有任务而去的,他的任务是找出玫瑰花蕾的含义,那么玫瑰又是指什么？

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