He is a man to be depended upon.

他这人靠得住。

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I knew he wasnt to be depended upon.

我知道他不可信赖。

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He's a man who can be depended upon in a crisis.

在危难时他是个可以信赖的人。

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I was afterwards told and he ordered that I be kept abed, that I be kept quiet, that my very life depended upon it.

之后觉察到医生来了，A，doctor，was，called—,他要我躺在床上，静养，不然性命不保。

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Lesser respect, fewer jobs, lower pay, no political power, burdened with children and dependent upon men, many of whom could not be depended upon.

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Sadly for South Korea, while China can be depended upon to block the passage of effective sanctions against North Korea in the UN Security Council and to take any other necessary action to protect the North Korean regime, South Korea cannot expect the US to take action to rein in North Korean aggression.

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It depended upon the tension between trying not to move and letting yourself be moved.

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