Many of those who experienced this sharp break thereafter lacked the ties that had bound them and their ancestors to a single place.

许多经历过这一急剧决裂的人，在那之后就失去了让他们和他们的祖先结合在一个地方的纽带。

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The applied arts are thus bound by the laws of physics, which pertain to both the materials used in their making and the substances and things to be contained, supported, and sheltered.

因此，应用艺术受限于物理定律，而物理定律与所使用的材料、将要容纳、支撑和遮蔽的物质都息息相关。

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Traditionally, fathers are too bound up in their work to have much time for their children, but this situation is gradually changing.

传统上，父亲都忙于工作而无暇陪伴孩子，但这一情况正在慢慢发生改变。

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During their earnings call, the social network reported 618 million daily users accessing Facebook on their mobile phone, out of a total 1.1 billion daily users (I suspect some nice rounding errors there), but how people use Facebook on their mobiles is different to the desk-bound usage, and reduces their value to advertisers.

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They did it on skis ridiculously long--14 to 16 feet--made of Douglas fir and bound to their feet with leather straps.

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The fact that players in European soccer are not bound to their contracts allows for and encourages the disparity between large and small market teams.

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