It was not, she knew, that night had come, but something as dark as night had come.

她知道，不是黑夜来了，而是某种像黑夜一样漆黑的东西来了。

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They had wanted it to be a surprise but the plan didn't come off.

他们本想一鸣惊人，然而计划却流产了。

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It had not come, but it had sent that shiver through the sea to say that it was coming.

它还没有来，但它已经通过海洋送来一阵颤抖，预示着它要来了。

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"In fact,what's remarkable is not that we've had a spirited debate about health insurance reform, but the unprecedented consensus that has come together behind it."

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The party's "character" had been tested, he said, but it had "come out fighting" on the NHS, on protecting human rights and "fighting for every family".

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But it had to come to an end.

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But it had to come.

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