He had not used his mother tongue for so long that every word in the book seemed alien.

他好多年没有使用母语了书上的每个字看起来都是那么陌生。

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The very word "alien" is plagued by negative associations.

特别是“外星人”这个词的负面联想让人感到痛苦。

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The word "spaghetti" brought back the memory of an evening at Uncle Alien' s in Belleville when all of us were seated around the table and Aunt Pat served spaghetti for supper.

“意大利面条”这个单词使我回忆起位于贝尔维尔的叔叔家度过的那个晚上，那时候我们坐在桌子旁边，帕特阿姨做了意大利面条作为晚餐。

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"There seems to be a growing recognition that the Taliban and other miscreants, to use the Pakistanis' own word for this,are a threat to the entire country and are alien to the spirit of Mohammed Ali Jinnah and the founders of Pakistan."

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