Why, in other words, will you be settling for a secret affair with a friend, rather than an open relationship? What does she lack that you don't want to go all the way?

或者这么说好了，为什么要放弃一种公开的朋友关系而选择与朋友有外遇了，这么做有什么好处呢？

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This relationship can be characterised as a tragic love affair on the Jewish part, which was met with a deep phobia by Europe.

这种关系可以从犹太人的角度上，刻画成一种悲剧式的恋爱事件，在欧洲它遇到了一种严重的恐怖症。

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Still, one long-term effect of this crisis may be a cooling of Ireland’s love affair with the EU.

不过，这次危机的结束所带来的一个长期性后果就是爱尔兰对欧盟的“爱”有些降温了。

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With the no branching rule,identity ceases to be a strictly internal affair.

有了无分支规则，认同感不再是严格意义上的内在事件。

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