Mr Berlusconi opted not to fight on the issues, but instead to appeal to the courts to stop the referendums happening.

贝卢斯科尼选择不在这些问题上争辩，转而向法庭献殷勤，企图阻止公投发生。

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Ms Rousseff made a last-ditch appeal to the Supreme Court to stop proceedings, but the move was rejected.

罗塞夫曾做了最后一次努力，她呼吁最高法院停止诉讼，但此举遭到拒绝。

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So I appeal strongly to all to stop killing the chimpanzee or any other wild animal. Let us human beings have more friends on the earth, and leave more wild life for future generations.

我强烈呼吁：不要再捕杀黑猩猩，不要再捕杀野生动物了，让我们人类多一些地球上的朋友，多给我们下一代保留一些野生动物吧！

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The owners of Margate's disused Dreamland theme park have not ruled out lodging an appeal to stop its compulsory purchase.

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And last, it wants to roll up all the separate appeals procedures into a single one-stop appeal, to be resolved in an average of four months.

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At which point the Court of Appeal told them to stop playing around and to get with the program.

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