It was to be a closed circle of no more than twelve women.

那本来要是个不超过十二个女人的封闭团体。

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When I opened them, the group of lunatics who roam this courtyard had formed a closed circle around me.

当我睁开眼睛的时候，原来在这院子里闲逛的那群疯子，在我的周围形成了一个密密实实的圈子。

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The narrative text looks like a closed circle because the beginning is connected with the end, and the circle can roll and cycle which multiplicates the story continually.

叙事上的首尾交接使文本就像一个闭合的圆圈，并且它可以循环滚动，使故事不断增殖，无穷无尽。

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Nijemo Kolo is a Dalmatian closed circle dance performed by communities in southern Croatia exclusively without music, although vocal or instrumental performances may precede or follow it.

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"I closed a circle, " he says.

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While the voting for the pope is billed as secret, with each cardinal guided only by his faith in God, the process is ultimately a closed-door exercise in consensus-building that cements fidelity to the Church's new leader among the inner circle.

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