He says the almost overpowering silence and deepness of the Grand Canyon shakes people at least briefly out of their self-importance.

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The simile sets out to establish the moral polarities between good and evil, but it then works almost systematically to undo that understanding.

这里的比喻开始创造出善与恶之间的,两极性，然而后来它又几乎自动的抹去了这种理解。

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And then I take as many raisins as will fit in and I leave. Right? I hope almost every one of you could figure out that was the right strategy.

然后我再尽量装葡萄干,最后我离开，对吧？,我希望你们每个人都发现了这是最优策略。

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They go out, basically almost every ranger post goes out almost every day.

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"The federal government has viewed for years that he has this almost mystical ability to fabricate weapons or bombs almost out of thin air, " Kleinman said.

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"I would oftentimes be so out of breath that I would almost pass out, " he said.

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