Death was not instantaneous because none of the bullets hit the heart.

因为没有一颗子弹射中心脏，所以没有即刻死亡。

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When bullets hit people, there is a painful feeling of shooting into the flesh.

子弹打在人身上，有一种枪枪入肉的痛感。

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Aurora: …Luckily none of the bullets hit the engine block. So, we made it to the border, but just barely, and I- …I've been talking about myself all night long, I'm sorry.

幸亏子弹没有打中发动机盖，所以我们终于到达了边境，但是我…整个晚上都是我在说自己，对不起。

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The bullets had hit the steel. The force of the bullets had knocked him down, but had not hurt him.

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But Les kept crawling, kept pulling himself along, closer to that bunker, even as the bullets hit the ground all around him.

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