The story of comb would not be worthy of mention, but for a closely related word, no one today associates with it.

梳子的故事不值一提，要不是有一个与它密切相关的词，如今没人会联想到它。

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If you were to ask which bit in the Sumerian word corresponds to the pronoun "it" in the English translation "when he had made it suitable for her", then the answer would have to be nothing.

如果你问苏美尔人，这个单词中哪个音节对应了英文翻译中“when he had made it suitable for her”中的代词“it”，他们的回答会是“没有”。

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Often it's the name for "mummy" or "daddy", but it could just as easily be the word for an animal or a favorite toy.

通常它是“妈妈”或“爸爸”，但它也可以是一种动物或最喜欢的玩具。

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If you emphasize the word my enough, nobody can do much of anything for me and still have it be my such and such.

每件事都是能这么说的，没有人能为我做任何事，只要这是我的事。

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This, many analysts believe, is going to be exceptionally difficult because almost all, not only U.S. allies, but almost all the countries around the word, particularly Arab neighbors, think at it is time for the sanctions regime to be lifted.

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