Calcium reacts with water but less violently than sodium and potassium do.

钙能与水产生化学反应但不如钠以及钾那么剧烈。

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Without the wild world, we are not more but less civilised.

没有了这个狂野的世界，我们不是更文明了，而是更不文明了。

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But less trust in the euro has reduced its value to the lowest levels in over a year.

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But if you put a less healthy fat in you get some improvement but less.

如果加入的是不那么健康的脂肪,那么对食物质量的改善就很有限

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The beaches in my opinion are better but less crowded.

我觉得那里的海滩更好，可是人少。

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But less than two years later, he was a helpless witness to abject misery when Australia triumphed 5-0.

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And a similar--but less extreme--calculus applies to other companies being touted as potential Biogen buyers.

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It may be more newsworthy, but less important, that actress Cate Blanchett also backs the levy.

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