Fire is a chemical action, or an action taking place between different chemical substances.

火是一种化学反应，或者说，是发生在不同化学物质间的一种作用。

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But it must obey the general law of the civil action taking litigants 'right of action as the basis of procedure construction.

但是它必须遵循民事诉讼的一般规律，以诉权为程序建构的基础。

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SPECTATORS at many large-scale sporting and other live events can miss a lot of the action taking place outside their field of view.

在许多大型体育比赛和现场活动中，观众都要错失很多在自己视野范围之外的场景。

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So,many people were shocked when Roosevelt announced he was taking action under the law against the railroad trust.

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In each of these cases the figure who stands ab extra, from outside, is an observer, an observer looking in and interpreting the action before him and an observer in a position presumably to make some kind of moral judgment on the action taking place.

在每个例证中，处在明喻本身之外的人，都是一个观察者，一个,向内展望并且解说他眼前的进展的观察人,一个似乎是要对发生的事情作出某些道德评论的观察人。

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He was called a hero for taking this kind of personal action to support the farm workers.

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With all the action taking place only 24km down, the seabed was thrust violently upwards, triggering huge waves.

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We hope that the talks can make progress, but we cannot rule out industrial action taking place on this issue.

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With a wealth of action taking place during the Games fans from across the globe can interact with each other via various platforms.

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