And that's no small humiliation for a country that gave the world English and saved Western civilization in the Battle of Britain in 1940.

作为一个为世界贡献了英语，以及在1940年的战役中拯救了西方文明的国家来说，这是一个不小的耻辱。

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With Britain battling the worst weight problem in Europe and just one obesity drug on the market, there is an urgent need for new weapons in the battle of the bulge.

英国正在对抗欧洲最严重的体重问题，而市场上只有一种减肥药，因此减肥之战迫切需要新式武器。

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Published to mark the 70th anniversary of the battle of Britain, this book should sell well.

因该书出版恰好标志着纪念不列颠之战70周年，所以应该很畅销。

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In nineteen forty, Polish fliers had taken part in the Battle of Britain, piloting British warplanes against the German Luftwaffe.

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"Bentley Priory is the epitome of the command of the Battle of Britain and if the Battle of Trafalgar saved Great Britain, the Battle of Britain saved the world, " he said.

BBC: NEWS | UK | Sad salute to war command centre

The moulds include cases to make busts of Shakespearean characters, plates commemorating the Battle of Britain, and tableware celebrating the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1952.

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Highlights included the Battles of Waterloo and Trafalgar, the Boer War, the Battle of Britain and even the Falklands war, all despatched in a couple of minutes each.

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