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Their construction went through a tortured process.

其修建经历了一个曲折的过程。

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It tells the story of Barnabas, a tortured vampire who is searching for his long lost love.

它讲述了饱受折磨的吸血鬼巴纳·巴斯寻找遗失已久的真爱的故事。

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We've been told by caregivers - medical doctors and nurses in the hospitals - they have seen clear signs of torture in people who have been brought in a bad condition after they've been tortured,"

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All I want to stress is that my discovery of her was a fatal consequence of that "princedom by the sea" in my tortured past.

我想强调的是，我对她的发现,乃是在扭曲的过去里建筑的那座海边王国的致命后果。

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This is somebody being tortured at the stake for merely existing, for having not confessed to being a Protestant or a Catholic or whatever.

那个人被毫无缘由地处决,或者由于新教徒或天主教徒的身份,或者其他什么原因而受罚

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Take Bank of America's Minimum Return Eagles (the name, predictably, is a tortured acronym--Equity Appreciation Growth LinkEd Securities).

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Would you feel pangs of guilt engaging in a tortured transaction like this?

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It is written with a tortured elegance that no ordinary person would affect.

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