The water was full of flotsam and refuse.

水里漂满了垃圾和废物。

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Also, scientists say that people accept the colors they like, and refuse the colors they hate.

另外，科学家说人们接受自己喜欢的颜色，拒绝自己讨厌的颜色。

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And refuse to lend to each other.

并拒绝借钱给对方。

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Deny thy father and refuse thy name;

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Imagine waking up every morning and saying to yourself: "I refuse to accept the law of gravity.

想象每天早上醒来后对自己说：,“我拒绝接受万有引力定律。

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Well, apparently Richard in real life did not refuse to make those changes. And imagine, in a book that then undergoes this publishing history that I have described, this is kind of a symbolic scene.

很明显，现实生活中的理查,并没有拒绝那些修改,想像一下，经历上述出版过程的一本书，这是象征性的场景。

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Rhondda Cynon Taf council has cancelled recycling and refuse collections on Monday because of the weather.

BBC: Temperature drops to record -17C November low in Powys

Is it when our bodies rebel and refuse to do what we want them to do?

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Choose only a few credible news sources and refuse to go down the tabloid path.

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